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  • Re: Where might I find MGA 10B1 or 2??

    From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Sat Jan 4 20:21:47 2025
    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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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Jan 4 21:55:02 2025
    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

    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.65-desktop-2.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Sun Jan 5 08:32:34 2025
    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                                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

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


    --
    Daniel

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  • From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Sun Jan 5 08:38:56 2025
    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??  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

    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.
    --
    Daniel

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Mon Jan 6 21:05:16 2025
    On 5/1/25 19:32, Daniel70 wrote:
    faeychild wrote on 5/1/25 8:55 am:


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



    You're looking safe - so far :-)

    --
    faeychild
    Running kde on 6.6.65-desktop-2.mga9 kernel.
    Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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  • From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Tue Jan 7 08:06:01 2025
    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                                Type            Size    Used
    Priority
    /dev/sda5                               partition       4088504
    524     -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.
    --
    Daniel

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