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=Introduction= | =Introduction= | ||
- | + | FlopSwap is a Swap management Tool for N900. | |
It features as a GUI to refresh your devices Linux Swap to speed up your VM. | It features as a GUI to refresh your devices Linux Swap to speed up your VM. | ||
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===Partition Requirements=== | ===Partition Requirements=== | ||
- | Before | + | Before FlopSwap will function your micro SD card needs setting up with two equally sized linux-swap partitions and one on the device (backup). |
If you have not removed the swap partition on your device the later will already be working. | If you have not removed the swap partition on your device the later will already be working. | ||
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A workaround to this is to disable and enable swap again - linuxswap filesystem content doesn't live through restarts, and once re-enabled, is written sequentially again. | A workaround to this is to disable and enable swap again - linuxswap filesystem content doesn't live through restarts, and once re-enabled, is written sequentially again. | ||
- | + | FlopSwap does this by switching to a fresh swap space on every "reswap". | |
- | By doing this it saves moving swap to B and back again, hence " | + | By doing this it saves moving swap to B and back again, hence "FlopSwap". |
===Main Swap Partition on Micro SD=== | ===Main Swap Partition on Micro SD=== | ||
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==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
- | + | The latest versions can be found in the [[Extras-Devel]] repository and can be installed using the N900 Application Manager (HAM). | |
==Operation== | ==Operation== | ||
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'''Question''' | '''Question''' | ||
- | ''Can we make | + | ''Can we make FlopSwap run on a timer or schedule?'' |
'''Answer''' | '''Answer''' | ||
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- | '' | + | ''FlopSwap shows a dialog message saying swap can no longer be calculated'' |
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==Changelog== | ==Changelog== | ||
- | '''0.1. | + | '''0.1.4'' (Current Devel) ''''' |
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* Added initial start help text | * Added initial start help text | ||
* Delete QSettings due to incorrect permissions | * Delete QSettings due to incorrect permissions |
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