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 1LhrGP-00056R-26 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:12:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4AAE3E02C0; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:12:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDE72E02C0 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so683626wah.2 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ijGpauYnwVK8x9p+bxtmVxNqLspLMnGupOnaIzBCg7g=; b=HmncNAqZWxP9Mg9ZwEwvH7J5GZ1SeHTlSSGuZexee0KNggYu4Q6pc39zqYAoMvTAQT 2kyKnRHZqRd/u3x5kR2TTYlVuKjrzy+MF91jnQilRniF1EAE/dMtFsuLBwxGhYGDPWzv 5dLK0iAdqJp6BXpADLxgazJT0u2NqYdVnI+D4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KklkdyueTcSKGZYcsp1juRG+QxWujIzVfe1Fyv5ZPPJSuAQ2t10KCCkHtftI9Swd1U 2j6R7m4rbRXI2KNfOhQ3UpgFS+cskGkr0MZyGiNOqylzOnXRMy8B6u2yJP9xT1JfERhG zgZev/ezA/OiljOQsc/9/YMWzRzdtbROFPq0c= 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 Received: by 10.114.190.18 with SMTP id n18mr247032waf.101.1236888738274; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10903121213w605c6badp141bf5ca3e1ac278@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10903120045u6c373f3fs2a7a46c41c01f69e@mail.gmail.com> <49B946A5.8020906@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <49bf44f10903121213w605c6badp141bf5ca3e1ac278@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:12:18 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10903121312y159160afp1361c8768489679a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a Netbook satisfactorily on Gentoo? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c30e2d9f-31ad-43d4-9594-86f75c3ab8ad X-Archives-Hash: 8b60fb4f4156d49aaacc96d1cbab295f >>> I've installed and updated Gentoo on my girlfriend's Acer Aspire One >>> netbook and it's just so slow. =A0The 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. =A0Anyone 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 time. >> 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. 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 cycles. >> >> 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. =A0I really want this > thing to work out so I can switch over to one. =A0Lemme 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 metal= og?) > 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? - Grant