20.04.3 - swap file dissapeared

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2021-10-15 at 13:39 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> The [swap] file hadn't gone, or a reboot would not have fixed it. It
> looks as if swap had been disabled. However if that were the case I
> would have expected it to stay disabled on reboot.

I am extremely ignorant about the workings of swap but:

- could /swap.img be recreated automatically at boot?
- could the oomkiller have killed something vital?

I don't quite have the courage to test the first theory :-)

Regards, K.

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