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 1Lhqoz-0001cg-8V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:44:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D025BE01F1; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:43:34 +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 5AC86E01F1 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by static.21.48.46.78.clients.your-server.de (Postfix, from userid 1007) id 0C4BE1737DE; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:43:38 +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: <49B965E4.1080602@j-schmitz.net> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:43:32 +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> <49B95FC5.8050601@j-schmitz.net> <58965d8a0903121236n48f29872xc02b0868216b0fc1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0903121236n48f29872xc02b0868216b0fc1@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig84D269449F57F4BDC972DB5E" X-Archives-Salt: 5a8bd12c-4f12-41bf-8229-569fbc0ffb2a X-Archives-Hash: 46480400b58311c68f0b7a39dbab3bbf This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig84D269449F57F4BDC972DB5E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paul Hartman schrieb: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Justin wrote: >> Grant schrieb: >>>>> I've installed and updated Gentoo on my girlfriend's Acer Aspire On= e >>>>> 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 netbo= ok >>>>> 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 t= ime. >>>> 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 do= ne >>>> when they are loaded for the first time (for example the HTML part o= f >>>> 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 spe= ed) >>>> before moving it over but I really found compiling not _that_ slow. = Its >>>> 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 cyc= les. >>>> >>>> Use the noop IO scheduler (boot parameter elevator=3Dnoop). There is= no >>>> 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. >>> 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: >>> >>> 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 m= etalog?) >>> 6. use elevator=3Dnoop at boot >>> 7. deactivate DRI >>> 8. upgrade RAM to the max >> 9. use distcc >=20 > Won't that require another machine using the same CPU arch? Or can > cross-compiler be setup on the remote distcc box?=20 I am using it cross x86 and amd64, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cross-compiling-distcc.xml > (I don't even know > if GCC has an atom-specific CPU or if it is using something more > generic) CFLAGS=3D"-march=3Dprescott -mssse3" nearly same as core2 in 32bit mode --------------enig84D269449F57F4BDC972DB5E 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) iEYEARECAAYFAkm5ZeQACgkQgAnW8HDreRbX3ACgs3GAIhLde4p0oszzeCX67XFJ eZgAniwHqX1AwFW/+p9E0vbyE+X6s7zZ =4Pgv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig84D269449F57F4BDC972DB5E--