Greetings - I am using the extended root system, with the swap file on the second partition.

I seem to get occasional static bugs, eg. I cannot update my RSS feed list. I wonder if this bug has ingrained itself in the swap file. Would erasing the swap file and rebooting perhaps solve it? Would doing such a thing result in my needing to re flash, or even brick the 770?

The swap file itself doesn't allow for any persistent memory for the device unless there was a *serious* bug in Linux which no-one's noticed until now.

Your problems sound more like a permissions thing (have you done anything as root?)

Me? Root? Never!

Well...ok... but I don't remember changing permissions. But you may be correct, so I'll check the permissions.

Would you know, offhand, what pref file stores the RSS info? All my other stored prefs, browser, streams, etc. work fine.

aflegg is right - the swap file is probably not causing your problems.

If, however, you do want to get rid of the swap file (assuming it's a swap file and not a partition), simply call swapoff on the swap file, rm the actual file-system swap file, then modify your /etc/fstab file (if it contains reference to the swap file).