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    How to set up the swap settings?

    Dear all
    My VU+ solo2 has a rather limited RAM. I tried to switch off whatever is possible (no thumbnails...) or direct things to the USB (32 GB) defined as hard disk.
    When I go to the system information in OpenVix 6.2.011 I can read

    Total memory 572368
    Free memory 285372
    Buffers 11732
    Cached 123388
    Total swap 0
    Free swap 0

    Flash
    Total 194.8 M
    Free 42.3M

    When I see these 0 on swap I was wondering how I could define a swap file / swap partition?

    So far I only could uninstall not required plugins / skins / languages.

    Thanks for any hint
    nekrub2
    VU+ Solo2
    USB 32GB used as HDD
    Diseq 13.0E 19.0E

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    Quote Originally Posted by nekrub2 View Post
    Dear all
    My VU+ solo2 has a rather limited RAM. I tried to switch off whatever is possible (no thumbnails...) or direct things to the USB (32 GB) defined as hard disk.
    When I go to the system information in OpenVix 6.2.011 I can read

    Total memory 572368
    Free memory 285372
    Buffers 11732
    Cached 123388
    Total swap 0
    Free swap 0

    Flash
    Total 194.8 M
    Free 42.3M

    When I see these 0 on swap I was wondering how I could define a swap file / swap partition?

    So far I only could uninstall not required plugins / skins / languages.

    Thanks for any hint
    nekrub2
    Vix swapmanager
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    Thanks Twol

    Was not aware that the swa pmanager is part of the VIX settings. I noticed that creating a swap needs a partition which is ext4 formated (FAT32 not supported). Will buy a second USB, format it as ext4 and permanently have it attached to to box. So I can create a swap file and give my old box a bit more power.

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    Bought a 4GB USB stick, formated it as ext4, mounted it and created as swap file. I was surprised that the max you can enter is 1024 MB (1 GB). Anyway, now I have a 1 GB swap file.

    In the VIX manual I did not find any instruction. Would be good to know that you cannot create it on FAT32.
    nekrub2
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    Quote Originally Posted by nekrub2 View Post
    Bought a 4GB USB stick, formated it as ext4, mounted it and created as swap file. I was surprised that the max you can enter is 1024 MB (1 GB). Anyway, now I have a 1 GB swap file.

    In the VIX manual I did not find any instruction. Would be good to know that you cannot create it on FAT32.
    nekrub2
    OK - need to update to allow more ……. Have you checked how much is currently being used?
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    .........FBC Tuners:
    ------------------> DUR-Line DCR 5-1-8-L4 Multiswitch to 1.5M dish(28.2E)
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    AX HD61, Edision Osmio 4K+, Zgemma H9Combo, Octagon SF8008 , gbtrio4k, h9se using Legacy ports on multiswitches
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    As long as I am watching TV or listening to sat radio the swap file is not used. And when I get into an app like YouTube I cannot see the memory info. But I have the feeling that it is loading a bit faster, but cannot prove. Would I see it if I looked from you pc to the sat box via FTP? Through OpenWebif I can read out some box info, but no memory usage.
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