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 1LiR9h-0005DD-H9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:31:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F10CE02C1; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497A5E02C1 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E202EDC71; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:31:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:31:42 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: wz9r2f7t6BN2s3hpzhE3zogWPqnQv16xwLpYfVKrKADd 1237026682 Received: from [192.168.2.2] (dslb-088-072-148-217.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.72.148.217]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA948C399 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <49BB877E.7020603@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:31:26 +0100 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090126) 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> <49bf44f10903121312y159160afp1361c8768489679a@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0903121322k66be4f58kfedfe4a9bbf05744@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0903121322k66be4f58kfedfe4a9bbf05744@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE35FF0CC1593FFA8FE00AB24" X-Archives-Salt: 16850483-7428-40ce-826e-65e64cbf4684 X-Archives-Hash: 87d79377fb30a14b8a90f72ae728a2b1 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE35FF0CC1593FFA8FE00AB24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paul Hartman schrieb: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Grant wrote: [...] >>> >>> 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 >> Which of these still apply when using a conventional HD instead of a >> SSD in the netbook? >=20 [...] > Otherwise, I think normal laptop performance tuning guidelines would > apply... Do whatever you can to reduce disk access. On my laptop I > disabled swap, set the hdd to power off after X minutes of idle, > disable disk cache in web browsers, use /dev/shm for portate tmpdir, > disable cron and hald disk polling and slocate and all the other > things that run in the background on their own and cause the disks to > wake up. And cpu frequency scaling of course. >=20 What do you mean with "disable [...] hald disk polling"? Deactivate hald completely or is there a hidden switch I haven't yet discovered? --------------enigE35FF0CC1593FFA8FE00AB24 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) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm7h34ACgkQqs4uOUlOuU+KSACeJE41iFVrMGMwe+m6KnrQb9nf y/UAnii/hChD3jdYsVJmtM+QeAHtgnm1 =A2Z5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE35FF0CC1593FFA8FE00AB24--