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Warning: Ubuntu/Arch Linux Slowdown? Check Your Swap

linux-hardcore.com — A Linux-Hardcore.com user found that Ubuntu created two different uuid's for the swap partition resulting in no Swap being used. Myself and another member also found that Arch Linux made the same mistake. Please check your /etc/mtab to see if swap is listed. This could be the cause for many performance problems on lower-end machines, even crashes.

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  • djsroknrol, on 11/06/2008, -0/+1Thanks for bring this up richlxh. If there's any doubt about lockups or crashes, check your swap file first is good advice lately. Seems like something is not right with installers these days.....
  • richslxh, on 11/06/2008, -1/+1Ok, Dreamlinux is ok (obviously). I kind of new it would be.

    For anybody else reading this, it's because "Dreamlinux is the fastest, sexiest Debian-derivative known to man". You don't get to stay in the Distrowatch Top 10 for nothing.
    http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=drea ...

    richs-lxh
  • richslxh, on 11/06/2008, -1/+1Thank you djsroknrol for finding and posting the problem on LxH.

    I found a bug report for Ubuntu and it appears that that uuid's are not updated after partitions are changed/resized:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+b ...

    So this probably only happens to people with multi-partition/multi-distro setups who regularly install/test/change distros. This gets us on al three counts.

    I also posted a message on Arch Linux forums after Resa and myself had the same problem on Arch Linux:
    http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=444995# ...

    I will be checking Dreamlinux and Mandriva later just in case.

    richs-lxh

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