Swapon is not working with swap file or swap partion. Mkswap with Kernel 4.15.0-30-gernic and swapon with Kernel 4.15.0-33-gernic is even not working.
VMware ESXi 6.0 + Ubuntu 18.04 (32Bit) - Linux 4.15.0-33-generic (i686) affected VMware ESXi 6.0 + Ubuntu 18.04 (32Bit) - Linux 4.15.0-30-generic (i686) not affected VMware ESXi 6.0 + Ubuntu 18.04 (64Bit) - Linux 4.15.0-33-generic (x86_64) not affected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788321 Title: swapon failed: invalid argument Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Environment: - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS - Linux 4.15.0-32-generic i686 Description: When I try to mount my swap partition or my swap file, I get "swapon failed: invalid argument" . Steps to reproduce: 1) sudo bash 2) dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=524288 3) mkswap /swapfile 4) chown root:root /swapfile 5) chmod 0600 /swapfile 6) swapon /swapfile Last execution returns "swapon failed: invalid argument" . I'm almost sure it's a bug because I have no problems using Linux 4.15.0-29-generic instead of Linux 4.15.0-32-generic. Also, no problems using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Live CD. Regards. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1788321/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
