Are you sure you only have 2gb RAM ?
sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep -i size
nelson@hp-pavilion:~$ sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep -i size
[sudo] password for nelson:
Maximum Memory Module Size: 4096 MB
Maximum Total Memory Size: 16384 MB
Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Installed Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Installed Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)
Size: 1024 MB
Size: 1024 MB
Size: 2048 MB
Size: 2048 MB
nelson@hp-pavilion:~$
I got it. Thanks for the immense help. Turns out I have to select /usr first and then from the options select tge "use as swap" option. I was just dumb.Are you sure you only have 2gb RAM ?.......are you equally sure you are running Linux Mint 20.1 ??
click on menu, type in system info.
It will be shown as memory (not ram)
Thanks a lot for the help!By pure happenstance, today's L-T article is about adding a swapfile - which I'm pretty sure will work in Mint.
I saw that and realised I had some adjustments to make before selecting the memory as a swap file. I was following tutorials of linuxmint 20 and they had some difference in appearance. So I could not find the option to swap file directly.Thanks a lot!Open terminal and copy and paste this command.
Press enter and then enter your password and press enter.Code:sudo dmidecode -t memory | grep -i size