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On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:11:31 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
<snip>

so the Used figure has increased from 524kB to 26,380kB
Does that indicate anything to you David?? Anyone??

Very small amount of swap used.

Another command that may be of use is "free -m". That shows the memory and swap available
and used in megabytes.

The file /proc/swaps contains size/used swap in bytes.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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David W. Hodgins wrote on 3/1/25 9:25 am:

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:11:31 -0500, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
<snip>

so the Used figure has increased from 524kB to 26,380kB
Does that indicate anything to you David??-a Anyone??

Very small amount of swap used.

Another command that may be of use is "free -m". That shows the memory
and swap available and used in megabytes.

The file /proc/swaps contains size/used swap in bytes.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[root@localhost daniel]# free -m
total used free shared buff/cache
available
Mem: 3848 1199 1190 96 1458
2321
Swap: 3992 0 3992
[root@localhost daniel]#

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(
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Daniel
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On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:49:49 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

David W. Hodgins wrote on 3/1/25 9:25 am:

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:11:31 -0500, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
<snip>

so the Used figure has increased from 524kB to 26,380kB
Does that indicate anything to you David?? Anyone??

Very small amount of swap used.

Another command that may be of use is "free -m". That shows the memory
and swap available and used in megabytes.

The file /proc/swaps contains size/used swap in bytes.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[root@localhost daniel]# free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 3848 1199 1190 96 1458
2321
Swap: 3992 0 3992
[root@localhost daniel]#

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(

It's an ordianry (read only) file.

$ ls -l /proc/swaps
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 31 12:29 /proc/swaps

As it's only readable by root or members of the root group, either make your id a member of
the root group or use "su -" in a terminal to access it.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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On Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:18:07 -0500, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:49:49 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

David W. Hodgins wrote on 3/1/25 9:25 am:

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:11:31 -0500, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
<snip>

so the Used figure has increased from 524kB to 26,380kB
Does that indicate anything to you David?? Anyone??

Very small amount of swap used.

Another command that may be of use is "free -m". That shows the memory
and swap available and used in megabytes.

The file /proc/swaps contains size/used swap in bytes.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[root@localhost daniel]# free -m
total used free shared buff/cache
available
Mem: 3848 1199 1190 96 1458
2321
Swap: 3992 0 3992
[root@localhost daniel]#

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(

It's an ordianry (read only) file.

$ ls -l /proc/swaps
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 31 12:29 /proc/swaps

As it's only readable by root or members of the root group, either make your id a member of
the root group or use "su -" in a terminal to access it.

Oops. Ignore that. Others have read access too. Using dolphin as a regular user, /proc/swaps
is readable for me.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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On 3/1/25 18:49, Daniel70 wrote:

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(

It does depend somewhat on how much ram there is

~]$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size
Used Priority
/dev/nvme0n1p3 partition 11146236
0 -2
[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 32813348 3781228 24318264 52064 4713856
28564648
Swap: 11146236 0 11146236
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faeychild
Running kde on 6.6.65-desktop-2.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
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faeychild wrote on 5/1/25 8:55 am:

On 3/1/25 18:49, Daniel70 wrote:

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(

It does depend somewhat on how much ram there is

~]$ cat /proc/swaps Filename-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Type-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Size
Used-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Priority /dev/nvme0n1p3-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a partition-a-a-a-a-a-a 11146236
0-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a -2
[faeychild@unimatrix ~]$ free
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a total-a-a-a-a-a-a-a used-a-a-a-a-a-a-a free-a-a-a-a-a shared-a buff/cache
available
Mem:-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 32813348-a-a-a-a 3781228-a-a-a 24318264-a-a-a-a-a-a 52064-a-a-a-a 4713856
28564648
Swap:-a-a-a-a-a-a 11146236-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 0-a-a-a 11146236

[root@localhost daniel]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used
Priority
/dev/sda5 partition 4088504 524 -2 [root@localhost daniel]#
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Daniel
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David W. Hodgins wrote on 5/1/25 7:21 am:

On Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:18:07 -0500, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:49:49 -0500, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

David W. Hodgins wrote on 3/1/25 9:25 am:

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:11:31 -0500, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
<snip>

so the Used figure has increased from 524kB to 26,380kB
Does that indicate anything to you David??-a Anyone??

Very small amount of swap used.

Another command that may be of use is "free -m". That shows the memory >>>> and swap available and used in megabytes.

The file /proc/swaps contains size/used swap in bytes.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[root@localhost daniel]# free -m
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a total-a-a-a-a-a-a-a used-a-a-a-a-a-a-a free-a-a-a-a-a shared-a buff/cache
available
Mem:-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 3848-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 1199-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 1190-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 96-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 1458
-a-a 2321
Swap:-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 3992-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 0-a-a-a-a-a-a-a 3992
[root@localhost daniel]#

I went looking for /proc/swaps .... opened Dolphin, selected the /
drive, entered my password, then entered '/proc/swaps' in the Search
Field ..... Waiting .... Waiting!! ;-(

It's an ordianry (read only) file.

$ ls -l /proc/swaps
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 31 12:29 /proc/swaps

As it's only readable by root or members of the root group, either
make your id a member of
the root group or use "su -" in a terminal to access it.

Oops. Ignore that. Others have read access too. Using dolphin as a
regular user, /proc/swaps
is readable for me.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

Lack of Knowledge, David. I was expecting it to be a file that I could
'see' on the su Dolphin screen .... but no, it would seem!!

faeychild has given me the clue to look for it with-in the su Konquer
screen ....

[root@localhost daniel]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used
Priority
/dev/sda5 partition 4088504 524 -2 [root@localhost daniel]#

So the Swap Partition is there .... if barely used.
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Daniel
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On 5/1/25 19:32, Daniel70 wrote:

faeychild wrote on 5/1/25 8:55 am:

[root@localhost daniel]# cat /proc/swaps Filename-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Type-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Size-a-a-a Used
Priority /dev/sda5-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a partition-a-a-a-a-a-a 4088504 524-a-a-a-a -2
[root@localhost daniel]#

You're looking safe - so far :-)
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faeychild
Running kde on 6.6.65-desktop-2.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
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faeychild wrote on 7/1/25 8:05 am:

On 5/1/25 19:32, Daniel70 wrote:

faeychild wrote on 5/1/25 8:55 am:

[root@localhost daniel]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Type-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Size-a-a-a Used
Priority
/dev/sda5-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a partition-a-a-a-a-a-a 4088504
524-a-a-a-a -2
[root@localhost daniel]#

You're looking safe - so far :-)

Hmm!! Just as I keep telling myself I'm gunna install MGA9 .... in
preparation for installing the soon to be released MGA10.
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Daniel
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