owner@owner86-laptop:~$ swapon -a owner@owner86-laptop:~$ sudo swapon -a [sudo] password for owner: owner@owner86-laptop:~$ swapoff -a swapoff: Not superuser. owner@owner86-laptop:~$ sudo swapon -a owner@owner86-laptop:~$ sudo swapoff -a owner@owner86-laptop:~$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 993 363 629 0 30 190 -/+ buffers/cache: 142 850 Swap: 0 0 0 owner@owner86-laptop:~$ sudo swapon -a owner@owner86-laptop:~$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 993 363 629 0 30 190 -/+ buffers/cache: 142 850 Swap: 336 0 336 owner@owner86-laptop:~$