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On 01:15 Sat 05 Aug , Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> On Friday 04 August 2006 19:23, jai kumar wrote: |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > I am new to Gentoo. I have installed gentoo firstly in may (but was not |
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> > succeded to get my X working ). So that time I gave up gentoo and turned to |
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> > Ubuntu. Yesterday I have successfully installed gentoo Amd64 2006.0 on my |
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> > comp with X working successfully but problem is that whenever when i do a |
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> > "emerge programname" my system get very slow (Even mouse didn't react). I |
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> > am unable to figure out the problem. Waiting for your help. |
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> > |
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> usually, compiling itself does not make your mouse hang. |
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> But: if you don't have lots of memory (more than 1gig with AMD64), and you are |
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> emerging with MAKEOPTS="j2", memory becomes a problem. |
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> If your comp is in a swap-storm, your mouse will hang, that easy. Solution: |
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> MAKEOPTS="-j1" |
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> or |
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> 2gb of ram |
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> oh, and check that 'umaskirq' is set for your ata devices (ide harddisks. |
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> check with hdparm). |
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also, setting PORTAGE_NICENESS in make.conf to something like 3 or 5 *really* helps. |
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i also noticed that my pc becomes a bit sluggish during certain compiles if i don't set it. |
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(defaults to 0). more info on this option in manual for nice command. |
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