From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FRLo2-0005ng-GJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:09:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k36482ft002697; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:08:02 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.76]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k3641ERu017759 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:01:15 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D1F130E51 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:01:11 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_NICENESS for real From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200604061457.03567.elinar@ihug.co.nz> References: <49bf44f10604041713r52c33c7dx9379882400ba7544@mail.gmail.com> <200604051400.22534.elinar@ihug.co.nz> <1144278517.13426.45.camel@orpheus> <200604061457.03567.elinar@ihug.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:30:47 +0930 Message-Id: <1144296047.13375.53.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bcc8b44e-81ae-4ba6-ac60-86d1059d6c5a X-Archives-Hash: 38c95a84b17bab65b94ef5673b30b9ab On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 14:57 +1200, Glenn Enright wrote: > On Thursday 06 April 2006 11:08, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > weeeelll, it's not exactly old - it's a 3.0GHz P4 laptop (Inspiron > > 9100). It could be a RAM issue - only 512 Mb. > > > > But I definately notice it when emerging sources, and then trying to > > switch virtual workspaces when I have, say, firefox & evolution & vmware > > running... even if emerge is niced. > > > what are the specs on your HDD? surely seems like the key here. Like Richard > pointed out, as soon as IO systems become loaded they struggle to keep up > with demand. Laptops usually have 5400rpm HDD dont they? Just put in a 7200rpm 8Mb cache 100Gb Seagate :) It's faster in hdparm tests than my 5400, but I still get a bit of 'slowdown' when emerging... -- Iain Buchanan What's all this brouhaha? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list