On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 14:40 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote:
> >On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 00:27 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
> >> I can't get swapon to work and I'm sure swap is off.
> >>
> >> [root@ophth-bilora chippy]# free -m
> >> total used free shared buffers
> >> cached
> >> Mem: 495 487 7 0 26
> >> 203
> >> -/+ buffers/cache: 258 237
> >> Swap: 0 0 0
> >> [root@ophth-bilora chippy]# /sbin/swapon /dev/hda6
> >> swapon: /dev/hda6: Invalid argument
> >>
> >>
> >> [root@ophth-bilora chippy]# cat /etc/fstab
> >> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
> >> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults
> >> 1 1
> >> LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults
> >> 1 2
> >> /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620
> >> 0 0
> >> /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
> >> 0 0
> >> /dev/proc /proc proc defaults
> >> 0 0
> >> /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults
> >> 0 0
> >> LABEL=SWAP-hda6 swap swap defaults
> >> 0 0
> >> /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0222
> >> 0 0
> >> /dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder auto
> >> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> >>
> >>
> >> Here is what dmesg shows:
> >>
> >> Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> >> resume2=swap:/dev/hda6
> >> audit(1158897380.741:4): avc: denied { unlink } for pid=1852
> >> comm="swapon" name="blkid.tab.old" dev=dm-0 ino=1733754
> >> scontext=system_u:system_r:fsadm_t tcontext=root:object_r:etc_t
> >> tclass=file
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
> >> Unable to find swap-space signature
>
> Isnt this indicating that you need to do a 'mkswap /dev/hda6'
> to set up your swap area properly?
>
> Terry.
>
I did this after someone else suggested it. It fixes the problem (after
also using swapon) until I reboot.
Rick B.
