Xubuntu Programs Randomly Closing

stress_junkie · 11-27-2010, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbonwick

I sucessfully created the file, but when I come to mount it as above, terminal returns;

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /swapfile
losetup: /dev/loop0: device is busy

What am I doing wrong?

Xubuntu must be using one or more of the loop devices already.

It turns out that you can format the swapfile without using losetup. I just found this out.

Code:

sudo mkswap /swapfile

mbonwick · 11-27-2010, 03:54 PM

Followed all the other steps, rebooted and......nothing.

I also found the command to manually activate the swap file;

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo swapon /swapfile                                   
swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Input/output error

Any thoughts?

Thanks for all the help so far...

stress_junkie · 11-27-2010, 03:57 PM

My swapfile can be manually activated using swapon.

Try doing the mkswap again. It should look something like this.

Code:

$ sudo mkswap /swapfile
mkswap: /swapfile: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors
        on whole disk. Use -f to force.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 4092 KiB
no label, UUID=52eb7466-7e5d-43c7-845f-60bd5f0be7e9

$ sudo swapon /swapfile

MTK358 · 11-27-2010, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbonwick

It's not possible to put more than one partiton on a USB flash drive. I guess I'm going to have to go for a swap file rather than partition.

What, really?

Whare did it say that?

stress_junkie · 11-27-2010, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

What, really?

Whare did it say that?

I didn't want to go down that path. I agree. Flash drives can be partitioned. I just figured that making a swap file would be quicker anyway and I'd never done it so it looked like a quick and interesting approach.

mbonwick · 11-27-2010, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stress_junkie

I didn't want to go down that path. I agree. Flash drives can be partitioned. I just figured that making a swap file would be quicker anyway and I'd never done it so it looked like a quick and interesting approach.

I agree, but it becomes a problem with Windoze (the flash drive is sometimes used for storage)

I ran mkswap again:

Code:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkswap /swapfile
mkswap: /swapfile: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors
        on whole disk. Use -f to force.
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1048572 KiB
no label, UUID=af774f0e-bf9b-41fd-971e-15d73609ea49
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo swapon /swapfile
swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Input/output error

No idea why it's not working..

stress_junkie · 11-27-2010, 04:08 PM

I don't know either. The only difference is that my swapfile is on an internal disk. Maybe it has something to do with the USB but I don't know.

It makes me wonder if a swap partition on the flash drive would work.

Well, you could try putting more RAM into the machine or just avoid web sites that cause the problem.

Maybe someone else will have some ideas.

mbonwick · 11-27-2010, 04:10 PM

yeah, I guess.

Thanks a million for the help. I'll keep trying and post back if I get it working.