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 1LhuRW-0004IV-89 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:36:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6849E01E9; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD21AE01E9 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49ADA648EA for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:36:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.917 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.917 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.682, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WoFZ5otBP4PW for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121366482D for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LhuRG-0000E2-Ar for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:46 +0000 Received: from www.buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:46 +0000 Received: from wireless by www.buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:46 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone running a Netbook satisfactorily on Gentoo? Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <49bf44f10903120045u6c373f3fs2a7a46c41c01f69e@mail.gmail.com> <49B946A5.8020906@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <49bf44f10903121213w605c6badp141bf5ca3e1ac278@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10903121312y159160afp1361c8768489679a@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090306 SeaMonkey/1.1.14) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 076db876-ba34-48e5-b9f1-440f7bde542e X-Archives-Hash: 0629f1ac03395655901b2ed2729ac43f Grant gmail.com> writes: > > 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 metalog?) > > 6. use elevator=noop 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? If the drive is indeed a bottle neck (use bonnie or bonnie++ to test) then try to NFS mount all voluminous log files. Prune the kernel, really small, it always helps. It may need "swap" space on the drive (be careful with this and research it. Make sure you active all of the hardware features of the cpu. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags/Intel or http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags/AMD Lean out what you autostart at boot time. LESS is better if you bog down the processor or ram or SSD. hth, James