Debian swap space not getting used.

Try:

alex@proust:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename                                Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/hda3                               partition       2048276 4       -1
alex@proust:~$

(That's from my home box, not a linode.)

If you have a swap partition in use, it should be listed.

total used free shared buffers cached

Mem: 509716 370728 138988 0 11324 187524

-/+ buffers/cache: 171880 337836

Swap: 1048568 0 1048568

It does show swap ..even "top" shows asmuch ..but the used is always "0".

This is what cat /proc/swaps gives

Filename Type Size Used Priority

/dev/ubdb partition 1048568 0 -1