diff -Naur loadapplet-aw2/load-plugin.c loadapplet-aw3/load-plugin.c
--- loadapplet-aw2/load-plugin.c	2006-02-25 08:26:38.000000000 +0100
+++ loadapplet-aw3/load-plugin.c	2006-02-25 08:53:08.395429000 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
 #define CPUFILE "/proc/stat"
 #define MEMFILE "/proc/meminfo"
+#define SWAPFILE "/proc/swaps"
 
 #define DEV_MAX_MEMORY 65535
 #define MEMORY_LEVEL_LOW 59000
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
     GtkWidget *menu_separator;
     GtkWidget *menu_screenshot;
     GtkWidget *menu_delayed_screenshot;
+    GtkWidget *menu_swap;
     GtkWidget *menu_settings;
     gboolean in_area;
     gboolean on_border;
@@ -109,6 +111,11 @@
 int width, height;
 #define MAX_READ_CHARS 128
 char read_buffer[MAX_READ_CHARS];
+char dummy[MAX_READ_CHARS];
+#define MAX_SWAPNAME 64
+char activeswapname[MAX_SWAPNAME];
+gint swapused=0;
+char label[64+MAX_SWAPNAME];
 #define MAX_SSHOT_NAME_LEN 64
 #define SSHOT_DEFAULT_NAME "screenshot"
 gchar *sshotfilename = NULL;
@@ -135,6 +142,25 @@
 
 
 
+static gboolean
+swapisactive(void)
+{ /* side-effect: update global var swapused, if swap is active */
+  FILE *fin;
+
+  fin = fopen(SWAPFILE, "r");
+  if (fin == NULL) g_error("Can't open "SWAPFILE"\n");
+  if (! fgets(read_buffer, MAX_READ_CHARS, fin)) /* skip 1st line */
+    return FALSE;
+  while (fgets(read_buffer, MAX_READ_CHARS, fin)) {
+    if (read_buffer) {
+      sscanf(read_buffer, "%s %s %s %d", activeswapname, dummy, dummy, &swapused);
+      if (strncmp(activeswapname, swapname, MAX_SWAPNAME) == 0)
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 static void close_window()
 {
     gtk_menu_popdown(GTK_MENU(info->menu));
@@ -302,6 +328,16 @@
 }
 
 static void
+activate_swap_item(GtkMenuItem *item, gpointer data)
+{
+  if (swapisactive())
+    sprintf(label, "/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/swapoff %s", swapname);
+  else
+    sprintf(label, "/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/swapon %s", swapname);
+  system(label);
+}
+
+static void
 activate_screenshot_item(GtkMenuItem *item, gpointer data)
 {
     make_screenshot();
@@ -453,7 +489,15 @@
 static void 
 load_icon_pressed(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 {
-    if (!GTK_IS_MENU(info->menu)) 
+    if (GTK_IS_MENU(info->menu)) { /* is this a memory leak??? */
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu_screenshot);
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu_delayed_screenshot);
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu_separator);
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu_swap);
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu_settings);
+	    gtk_widget_destroy(info->menu);
+    }
+    if (1 == 1)
     {
         info->menu = gtk_menu_new();
 
@@ -466,7 +510,7 @@
 			G_CALLBACK(activate_screenshot_item),
 			data);
 	/* And delayed screenshot */
-        info->menu_delayed_screenshot = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label("Take delayed screenshot");
+        info->menu_delayed_screenshot = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label("Take a delayed screenshot");
         gtk_menu_shell_append(GTK_MENU_SHELL(info->menu),
                         info->menu_delayed_screenshot);
         g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(info->menu_delayed_screenshot),
@@ -477,6 +521,19 @@
         info->menu_separator = gtk_separator_menu_item_new();
         gtk_menu_shell_append(GTK_MENU_SHELL(info->menu),
                         info->menu_separator);
+	/* Swap */
+	if (swapisactive())
+	  sprintf(label, "swapoff %s (%d MB used)", swapname, (swapused+512)/1024);
+	else
+	  sprintf(label, "swapon %s", swapname);
+
+        info->menu_swap = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label(label);
+	gtk_menu_shell_append(GTK_MENU_SHELL(info->menu),
+			      info->menu_swap);
+	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(info->menu_swap),
+			      "activate",
+			      G_CALLBACK(activate_swap_item),
+			      data);
         /* Settings */
         info->menu_settings = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label("Settings");
         gtk_menu_shell_append(GTK_MENU_SHELL(info->menu),