From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LhqPS-00067u-0n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:17:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1207FE020B; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:17:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from static.21.48.46.78.clients.your-server.de (static.21.48.46.78.clients.your-server.de [78.46.48.21]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A8D8E020B for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by static.21.48.46.78.clients.your-server.de (Postfix, from userid 1007) id EE7281737DE; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:17:35 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on 0815-web.localdomain X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RECEIVED, NO_RELAYS,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 Message-ID: <49B95FC5.8050601@j-schmitz.net> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:17:25 +0100 From: Justin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090311) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a Netbook satisfactorily on Gentoo? References: <49bf44f10903120045u6c373f3fs2a7a46c41c01f69e@mail.gmail.com> <49B946A5.8020906@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <49bf44f10903121213w605c6badp141bf5ca3e1ac278@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10903121213w605c6badp141bf5ca3e1ac278@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE0B0A0917E381E69AD9118EA" X-Archives-Salt: 1b8be099-beff-460c-946c-95bfe1a9b637 X-Archives-Hash: 13475d4d73a52682fa97232bb32fd970 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE0B0A0917E381E69AD9118EA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Grant schrieb: >>> I've installed and updated Gentoo on my girlfriend's Acer Aspire One >>> netbook and it's just so slow. The only things I can think of to >>> speed it up would be to upgrade the RAM from 1GB (not sure if that's >>> possible) and/or swap out the SSD for a HD. Anyone running a netbook= >>> not excruciatingly slow? >>> >>> - Grant >>> >> I've got an Acer One for my father. I don't know the exact type; it is= >> the one with the 8GB SSD. >> >> I found it quiet usable, installed Gentoo with a minimal KDE3 on it. >> Compiled with -Os, of course. RAM usage is below 256MB most of the tim= e. >> The only things I didn't get to work are 3D acceleration and the SSD >> card slots but I haven't invested much time into it. >> >> The slowest part of the system is the SSD. It really slows things done= >> when they are loaded for the first time (for example the HTML part of >> Konqueror takes 3s to load AFTER Konqueror itself came up). >> >> The rest of the system is pretty fast for my expectations.I compiled >> most things in a chroot on my Celeron notebook (2 or 3 times the speed= ) >> before moving it over but I really found compiling not _that_ slow. It= s >> usable for most regular updates and even kernels and such alike. For >> larger packages, I mount an NFS share on /var/tmp/portage because I >> don't want to wear down the SSD. >> >> Other tips: >> Use ext2 FS. You don't want the journalling to cost you even more >> performance and wear down the SSD. >> >> I wouldn't use laptop-mode. You don't want it to bog down the system >> when it decides to flush its write cache. >> >> No syslog, it will only wear down the disk with many small write cycle= s. >> >> Use the noop IO scheduler (boot parameter elevator=3Dnoop). There is n= o >> need for a scheduler on an SSD. >> >> ArchLinux also recommends deactivating DRI ('Option "DRI" "0"' in >> xorg.conf) to free up 32MB of memory. >> >> Hope this helps. >=20 > Thanks guys, these are the kinds of tips I need. I really want this > thing to work out so I can switch over to one. Lemme see if I've got > this: >=20 > 1. run xfce4 (already do) > 2. compile with -Os (I was using -O2) > 3. use ext2 (I was using ext3) > 4. don't use laptop-mode (I didn't know it existed) > 5. no syslog (does this mean don't even emerge a system logger like met= alog?) > 6. use elevator=3Dnoop at boot > 7. deactivate DRI > 8. upgrade RAM to the max 9. use distcc >=20 > Sound about right? >=20 > - Grant >=20 --------------enigE0B0A0917E381E69AD9118EA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkm5X8UACgkQgAnW8HDreRa1CgCeIP8KAdF7Y7jD1E6b/FCnKrJf dEEAniUO94xNlIfdYoJyui0swndN4y55 =qgbD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE0B0A0917E381E69AD9118EA--