Possibly malfunctioning h7s

[lincsat]

I had found how to prioritise a swap and implemented that by changing the fstab entry to

/media/usb/swapfile swap swap pri=0 0 0

It is now using the USB swap at boot but still creating the MMC swap and adding that to the swap pool. It's too early to tell if the box is performing any better.

root@zgemmah7:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/mmcblk0p7                          partition       262140  0       -1
/media/usb/swapfile                     file            1048572 28      0
root@zgemmah7:~# free
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         1027736      915388       33492         204       78856       79556
Swap:        1310712          28     1310684
root@zgemmah7:~#

using new swapmanager, I have attached the log. The GUI is still showing the same as previously

[twol]

I had found how to prioritise a swap and implemented that by changing the fstab entry to

/media/usb/swapfile swap swap pri=0 0 0

It is now using the USB swap at boot but still creating the MMC swap and adding that to the swap pool. It's too early to tell if the box is performing any better.

root@zgemmah7:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/mmcblk0p7                          partition       262140  0       -1
/media/usb/swapfile                     file            1048572 28      0
root@zgemmah7:~# free
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         1027736      915388       33492         204       78856       79556
Swap:        1310712          28     1310684
root@zgemmah7:~#

using new swapmanager, I have attached the log. The GUI is still showing the same as previously

this has been surprisingly a pain the ****, caused by all the error msgs thrown up by the eMMC partitions.
trying to delete the h7 swap partition (built in the image build) should only disable it...........
So please try this!! .... Again post debug log and results

[lincsat]

OK, that's about the same mate.

16:01:56.6122 [SwapManager][StartSwap] Found a SWAP partition:
16:01:56.6169 [SwapManager][StartSwap] Found a SWAP file on  /media/usb/swapfile
16:01:56.6178 [SwapManager] SWAP file is already active on  /media/usb/swapfile

I'm guessing the swap partition is the MMC swap, both swaps are active as before.

The swap GUI looks the same, again it won't allow me to deactivate or change what it shows from the manufacturer defined

[twol]

OK, that's about the same mate.

16:01:56.6122 [SwapManager][StartSwap] Found a SWAP partition:
16:01:56.6169 [SwapManager][StartSwap] Found a SWAP file on  /media/usb/swapfile
16:01:56.6178 [SwapManager] SWAP file is already active on  /media/usb/swapfile

I'm guessing the swap partition is the MMC swap, both swaps are active as before.

The swap GUI looks the same, again it won't allow me to deactivate or change what it shows from the manufacturer defined

No - thats better! Now shows both (just not in display) - I need to be able to display both .. or something.
However I think you will now find only the swap file active

[lincsat]

No - thats better! Now shows both (just not in display) - I need to be able to display both .. or something.
However I think you will now find only the swap file active

Both swaps are active mate, without the mod to make the USB a higher priority, it's still using the MMC first

root@zgemmah7:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/mmcblk0p7                          partition       262140  5020    -1
/media/usb/swapfile                     file            1048572 0       -2

[twol]

Both swaps are active mate, without the mod to make the USB a higher priority, it's still using the MMC first

root@zgemmah7:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/mmcblk0p7                          partition       262140  5020    -1
/media/usb/swapfile                     file            1048572 0       -2

OK need to play with this on my gbue4k which has a swap partition also

[twol]

@Lincsat

So ground rules!
If there is a image built swap partition , it will show as active at startup. Priority = -1 (default)
If you then create (blue button)a swap file (I have allocations up to 1024MB at the moment), it will now show up in the swap file list ----- > then activate (green) button and it will be swapped on as priority 10.
Obviously if you already have setup a swap file, it should appear in the display, and you can deactivate or delete.
Delete will then show the factory swap, if present - which cannot be deleted.

Try it - may crash, if so crash logs please!.

[lincsat]

That appears to be working pretty much as expected. The swap is the cumulative of the machine swap and any generated swap file but as you mentioned, it prioritises the generated swap.