Failed Octoprint timelapse.

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+title: Failed Octoprint Timelapse
+date: 2024-06-06
+tags:
+  - 3D printing
+  - timelapse
+  - Octoprint
+---
+I know it's been a few years since I wrote anything for this blog. I'm now writing to make note of what I did to fix the problem so when I face it again, I know what to do.
+
+I've been doing some 3D printing and have installed [Octoprint](https://octoprint.org). What a great little utility. I had a little bit of trouble getting the timelapse to work. It seemed to fail every time with error code `-9`. A little bit of searching online let me to realize the problem was the size of the swap file on the Raspberry Pi. I'm not sure why this isn't bigger[^swap].
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+The solution is pretty simple, just increase the swap file as shown below.
+
+[^swap]: I don't really understand the swap file on Linux.
+
+https://github.com/OctoPrint/OctoPrint/issues/4447#issuecomment-1604272892
+```shell
+sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
+sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
+# Modify CONF_SWAPSIZE to 512
+# (Save file.)
+sudo dphys-swapfile setup
+sudo dphys-swapfile swapon
+```
+