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 262BE198005 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:54:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBAE221C065; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 135F221C05C for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:54:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.46]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F16211E4 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:54:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:54:10 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=bRsK4Uc2xvj7oBxO5GFHcj3A 904=; b=cfgcmlueZG95Snlbu+eyunPZaEW9X9ovW8s7QRImXJl/lmF5SEHkxImR RKU4YbblgEECdyNZ3fu+znsmA44Vofrxwvsa8mInHgca3VdzBzFF9JbAFTuuiUlR nrFoVz3AFvock86e/BF4C8vU+byV79Qxye+oC4rfe7Bf6BWv7PQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=bRsK 4Uc2xvj7oBxO5GFHcj3A904=; b=nCNOV6PHYv5yoQjEW0UAXPaz0zMhMD/cr5J0 zA6x7SjgK/2kdG0nc9MEHnICTqTCkBRarILX5urtRYR2WgLduZ4/JR/8tGm3W5sA xOY7jvszOBeLsRlE/JLE2priehhhhb6Ez8hGsKsoTcz/6A8iACIgGN58eXjSlw/W LZoX5wE= X-Sasl-enc: ePeEwCGmGOWVstoBZKmcVHvubq1e/UU8XS0ETtep9TuA 1361631249 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (unknown [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B5ACD8E00A3 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:54:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <5128D80A.3060801@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:54:02 +0100 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130202 Thunderbird/17.0.2 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] No space left on device ? References: <20130223050004.GC5625@syscon7.inet> <512855B8.4080904@nileshgr.com> <20130223060537.GD5625@syscon7.inet> <5128B8E2.5050304@googlemail.com> <20130223142415.GC3444@syscon7.inet> In-Reply-To: <20130223142415.GC3444@syscon7.inet> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2UAHJEKNVIWAEENWRJSFW" X-Archives-Salt: cbd85ddf-5477-424a-b675-4146e2b3de70 X-Archives-Hash: cd32a38e5041d52469137a89539e3a7f This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2UAHJEKNVIWAEENWRJSFW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 23.02.2013 15:24, schrieb Joseph: > On 02/23/13 13:41, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> >> play around with size. Usually 2GB is more than enough. Except for >> libreoffice. >> Then umount /var/tmp/portage and mount it again. >=20 > I have only 8Gb of RAM should I dedicate it all for tmpfs or only 2GB >=20 tmpfs uses as much memory as necessary and nothing more. In theory, it doesn't hurt to add all your memory to it as tmpfs will start to swap when you run out of memory. However, it is usually a better idea to unmount the tmpfs and use a regular file system whenever you need more space. As Volker noted, it is probably best to use 2GB tmpfs and when you emerge libreoffice, (and maybe firefox and co.) to switch back to using a regular fs. You could also expand tmpfs so that it can eat all memory not used by your applications under normal circumstances. Example: `free -m` total used free -/+ buffers/cache: 4717 3053 So in my case I'm probably fine with a 3GB tmpfs while still avoiding excessive swapping. Regards, Florian Philipp ------enig2UAHJEKNVIWAEENWRJSFW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEo2A4ACgkQqs4uOUlOuU9qcQCdFPTJsu9ePlou+4gcrM892Ki4 sggAn3zSQ/Z+fzdxsx5AdRpWZ2ZXAkY7 =3GMD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2UAHJEKNVIWAEENWRJSFW--