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2007/10/20, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>: |
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> Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> posted |
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> d257c3560710200721v2aa321fak9a7bbf3b0eb3b145@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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> below, on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:21:39 +0200: |
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> >> With mainline kernel suspend-to-disk working |
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> > it doesn't work well with xpress200m chipset and tends to break the |
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> > system stability. or at least the last time i tried it (2.6.22). it |
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> > works for me the suspend to ram, but that consumes the battery and on |
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> > shutdown it releases everything stored into ram. |
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> I'd try with 2.6.23. They did do some major changes re hibernate |
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> with .23, which broke it until rc-7 or so. Maybe whatever they did fixed |
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> it for your system. |
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i still cannot compile madwifi on 2.6.23 and i don't know if ati 8.42 will |
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support it. the 8.40 does not so i'll wait a little before switching to |
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2.6.23. |
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> Well, you haven't mentioned what size swap you /are/ running, or what |
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> size memory, for that matter. I originally referenced 4 gig since that's |
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> what each of my four swap partitions are, but anything larger than the |
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> default half gig hibernate image_size is going to be dramatically |
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> better. If you have a single 1-gig swap partition, checking the exact |
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> size in KB (as found in /proc/swaps) and setting that in /sys/power/ |
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> image_size will double it from the default, and that alone will be quite |
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> noticeable. A gig of swap is the normally recommended size for a half- |
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> gig of memory. If you happen to have a gig of memory and two gigs of |
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> swap, so much the better. (I honestly don't know if two gigs swap/ |
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> suspend-image with only a half gig memory is worth it or not.) Beyond |
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> that, I'd not worry about unless you really do have the resources to |
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> spare. |
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i have 1gb ram and 3gb swap (never filled of more than 200mbs in runtime). |
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i'm actually considering removing swap because i don't use hibernate. |
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> The other thing is memory. While registered memory is expensive |
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> overkill, one of the reasons I do NOT recommend an Opteron now, it can be |
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> worth getting a mobo and memory that support ECC. ECC is arguably worth |
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> the extra money, while registered memory is not. Of course, it's up to |
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> you, and many don't wish to spend that money, but I've had enough memory |
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> issues to appreciate solid memory and the stability it brings, and ECC |
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> does bring a bit of additional assurance in that regard. I'm not |
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> positive that the AthlonX2s and X4s or whatever they call them support |
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> ECC now, but if they do, I'd certainly consider that. If they don't, the |
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> balance tips back toward Opterons a bit, but I still don't think the |
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> registered memory is worth it, and believe Opterons require it, so I'd |
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> still say AthlonX2 or quad-core, and if ECC isn't available, just buy |
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> good memory and possibly run it slightly underclocked, if you want that |
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> extra stability. |
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i was thinking of a gigabyte supersilent mb with support of ddr2 - 800 and |
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ddr3 1333 and support for all the athlons around and for some opterons and |
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fsb dual 1000mhz with hypertransport, of a 2gb ddr2 800 ocz kit, a gigabyte |
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supersilent ati hd2600pro 256ddr3 or 512ddr2 vram, 2 sata-2 250 or 300gbs |
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hds with at least 8mb cache in raid 1/lvm and some other minor modding |
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things like the dual fan system from thermaltake with 2 supersilent fans and |
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a silent case fan. my problem was the choice of the processor. i thought |
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that taking a mb like that i could be able to switch from a middle-high dual |
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to a quad without great problem and from ddr2 to ddr3. this should be able |
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to do the trick for at least two years (or more considering the expansion of |
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the proc and memory) and then pass to a simple desktop if the market start |
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to run a lot. |
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MHO, FWIW. |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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dott. ing. beso |