From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8461B1384C0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72E8114283; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 496E6141E9 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicne3 with SMTP id ne3so52013115wic.0 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 05:21:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=Mj6TsU/ZlfiuRjEkaZgKAq1fbQobtsKwJt0IQ9XFZb0=; b=QOEiZdrYVk2MRFAyTtG7g365g+jG9SejXu1+aTtlNrnjkAFHUVexbgjZGp52VE7sJS UKY4P9OyxPCiLbRXriAMDniFqjoT4Yy7RDd1z0OOSx6iPIo8zIC3OWfFWIkvXj2yzvJQ ty1uqeIxm92QNNuDQ6JN+uGXPRaoS7Kv3fKS06ZZ9Y2o5hq6clWw34lz73b2P5nRB412 /ks093kR+S2Q5PX/uF67GP/U+/J3CMbLj8IYJGBXkRzFUgTrvzP320aHxKabMWARw0Tw sAuq+XkfDSMlI2/o6nx4NBc/pT8Q73ZPcom/k7pOdRlSHtpwXEt9zq3EVtUXUP5cJQG5 sy+w== X-Received: by 10.180.84.65 with SMTP id w1mr14364875wiy.62.1440937273085; Sun, 30 Aug 2015 05:21:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y13sm17160193wjq.26.2015.08.30.05.21.11 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 30 Aug 2015 05:21:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:20:58 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.0.5-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> <29113.1440911312@ccs.covici.com> <55E2B6A8.5080203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55E2B6A8.5080203@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart26687996.z6DYIL6HtS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201508301321.07980.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 43d020b2-df05-44b0-85ab-7fd2493b43e3 X-Archives-Hash: 1ef43e22c88dcc52a5334f16fe57d8ef --nextPart26687996.z6DYIL6HtS Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 08:54:16 Dale wrote: > covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Dale wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > > The biggest reason I shutdown, power failure. I use checkrestart to see > > if/when I need to restart something after doing updates. If for example > > I update something in the @system area, then I just logout of the GUI, > > go to boot runlevel, run checkrestart again to see if that did it and > > then go back to default runlevel. Sometimes, I have to restart > > something by hand instead of rebooting but not to often. Generally just > > going to boot runlevel gets the job done. > >=20 > > One thing about not rebooting a lot, you use cache a lot which can speed > > some things up a bit. I have 16GBs here and most of the time, it is > > almost all used. How much that helps, I dunno but if it didn't help, > > they wouldn't have it doing it. Another good side, run updates while > > you sleep. > >=20 > > The only bad side, more wear on things like fans and some extra dust. I > > try to clean my rig at least twice a year or whenever I notice the temps > > a little higher than they should be. Oh, pulls power all the time which > > may not matter much depending on your electricity rates. > >=20 > > Of course, fixing that connection issue may be a good idea too. ;-) > >=20 > > hmmm, if you go to boot run level what is the difference between that > > and rebooting? After a major update there are so many things to restart > > that I usually give up and reboot the system, is actually quicker. >=20 > Hmmmm, this quoting thing didn't work right again. >=20 > For me, it is faster. Also, rebooting can uncover a problem that I > might not know about. I've had a few times where I couldn't reboot for > some unknown reason. Plus, all the common stuff remains in cache. Most > of the time tho, just logging out of a GUI, KDE for me, is enough. > Using checkrestart should tell me exactly what needs to be restarted and > most of the time how. About the only thing I have to restart manually, > udev. It's one thing that has a regular update that doesn't restart > since it is already started before getting to the boot runlevel. >=20 > To each his own tho. All of us has our own way of doing things of this > nature and for varying reasons. Some shutdown because electricity is > expensive. For some, that doesn't matter. Some do it to just reduce > noise from the fans etc. One reason I leave mine on all the time is > that I almost always have mine doing something. I have tons of TV shows > and such on here. If I'm not doing something myself, I have it doing > something. >=20 > Dale >=20 > :-) :-) What do you do if you install a new kernel? You have to reboot then, yes? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart26687996.z6DYIL6HtS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJV4vUzAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeHsAIALZWJK559nPuVTGDGMpf+zMn QvTZWbPkwq6VHJ9+7cpzDyJxWRNVzjUPT3HHMluIgBidOoPMBHLMKJiPRmzs/xh9 2cwmDNY2R+3Vzi5o+L6uZ7LOFWDGyT0tdnNdqGjsT9/JD788B5WOw0kV6eFGUdjr 2yK1ZykF0TylnsCm99iaaousI2/ryNxGwnaLJPVSX9huSVLR01beT/N9l7po9lmn PaSZORfn038JRi6uJBKfyoin87oOaoU8lobu9Mys90luQAmNbJpl0jKReezTshLo tBa3OLHqdSWeoPAhemVPuXesP/Wt4aGS4xz8/GP98Djzg3MdlAwZBaSnpIeF6sk= =tt7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart26687996.z6DYIL6HtS--