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22 questions linked to/from Adding a new swap file. How to edit fstab to enable swap after reboot?
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ImageMagick convert and low RAM
Please consider the following command for the imagemagick package:
sudo convert -resize 460x200 /path/to/test1.jpg /path/to/test2.jpg
Now test1.jpg is a fairly large image (12.5MB), but not unheard ...
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Hibernation failed due to insufficient Swap partition [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Adding swap partition after system installation
I got 8GB RAM on my laptop but only partitioned 1GB for swap, now the hibernation cannot be achieved even if I use sudo pm-...
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Without having swap partition how to hibernate using only "SWAP FILE"
I found answer near to this question but not exact answer in Ubuntu-forums.I found answer to
How to create swap partition after installing Ubuntu.
How to create or add swap file to existing swap ...
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Do I need swap with new SSD?
Am about to upgrade to new SSD and thinking through partition migration process. Will I need SWAP with an SSD? I have 8GB RAM and an i5 processor.
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How to re-enable hibernate option?
I had enabled "hibernate" option in my Ubuntu 12.10 few months back by adding the following lines to /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla:
[Re-enable hibernate by ...
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how can I increase my RAM size with a swap partition? [duplicate]
Presently my RAM is 2GB. I heard that in linux we can get extra memory to RAM from the harddisk by using swap partition. What is the procedure for that?
here in the pics i'm giving my system info.
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swap partition vs swap file
I was reading the new changes with Ubuntu 17.04 and one caught my eye which was moving from the typical swap partition model to a new swap file model for new installs.
Are there benefits for using ...
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Enlarge swap partition without disturbing anything!
I'm having a few issues with 12.04 right now when manipulating large image files, which never used to occur when doing the same with 10.04. I noticed when I clean-installed that the swap partition it ...
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Is my computer slow due to lack of swap
A few months ago, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside with Windows 7 on my Asus EEE-PC 1015bx.
It has a tendency of freezing and when trying to investigate I found that a swap partition of only 256 MB ...
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How to modify fstab to automatically load my swap file?
I have an 8GB swap file under /swapfile1 and I have to load it manually in the terminal every time I log in. I tried to modify fstab following the advice given in this thread Adding a new swap file. ...
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How to create a swap partition (no free space left) [duplicate]
I've installed Ubuntu on one partition which utilizes all disk space (if we're ignoring the NFTS partitions). I forgot to define a swap partition.
How do I make a swap partition after installation? I ...
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Should my Ubuntu be running a swap file?
My Ubuntu system has been slow since recent updates. Usable for some things, but Facebook in particular has slowed to a crawl. A facebook video takes 5 to 8 minutes to load. The Gnome system monitor ...
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How to add swap file to Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I have at Ubuntu 12.04 swap size the same as my RAM - 1Gb.
I want to increase this a little bit, till 3Gb. Increase 2Gb of swap size.
I read SwapFaq but I can't understand how to keep having this ...
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Swap file not activated on startup on Ubuntu 20.04
I have created swapfile at /swapfile and add following line to /etc/fstab (according to SwapFaq):
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
When I try to activate it ...
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Extremely slow OS. Swap related?
I really hope you can help me. An inexperienced sysadmin, installed Ubuntu on a new Dell Desktop, it's a pretty powerful machine, and I ran a bunch of hardware tests, and can confirm that RAM/HDD and ...