Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: paludis Was: glibc-2.6.1 cpu error

[Beso]

2007/10/20, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>:
>
> Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> posted
> d257c3560710200721v2aa321fak9a7bbf3b0eb3b145@××××××××××.com, excerpted
> below, on  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:21:39 +0200:
>
> >> With mainline kernel suspend-to-disk working
> >
> > it doesn't work well with xpress200m chipset and tends to break the
> > system stability. or at least the last time i tried it (2.6.22). it
> > works for me the suspend to ram, but that consumes the battery and on
> > shutdown it releases everything stored into ram.
>
> I'd try with 2.6.23.  They did do some major changes re hibernate
> with .23, which broke it until rc-7 or so.  Maybe whatever they did fixed
> it for your system.


i still cannot compile madwifi on 2.6.23 and i don't know if ati 8.42 will
support it. the 8.40 does not so i'll wait a little before switching to
2.6.23.


> Well, you haven't mentioned what size swap you /are/ running, or what
> size memory, for that matter.  I originally referenced 4 gig since that's
> what each of my four swap partitions are, but anything larger than the
> default half gig hibernate image_size is going to be dramatically
> better.  If you have a single 1-gig swap partition, checking the exact
> size in KB (as found in /proc/swaps) and setting that in /sys/power/
> image_size will double it from the default, and that alone will be quite
> noticeable.  A gig of swap is the normally recommended size for a half-
> gig of memory.  If you happen to have a gig of memory and two gigs of
> swap, so much the better.  (I honestly don't know if two gigs swap/
> suspend-image with only a half gig memory is worth it or not.)  Beyond
> that, I'd not worry about unless you really do have the resources to
> spare.


i have 1gb ram and 3gb swap (never filled of more than 200mbs in runtime).
i'm actually considering removing swap because i don't use hibernate.


> The other thing is memory.  While registered memory is expensive
> overkill, one of the reasons I do NOT recommend an Opteron now, it can be
> worth getting a mobo and memory that support ECC.  ECC is arguably worth
> the extra money, while registered memory is not.  Of course, it's up to
> you, and many don't wish to spend that money, but I've had enough memory
> issues to appreciate solid memory and the stability it brings, and ECC
> does bring a bit of additional assurance in that regard.  I'm not
> positive that the AthlonX2s and X4s or whatever they call them support
> ECC now, but if they do, I'd certainly consider that.  If they don't, the
> balance tips back toward Opterons a bit, but I still don't think the
> registered memory is worth it, and believe Opterons require it, so I'd
> still say AthlonX2 or quad-core, and if ECC isn't available, just buy
> good memory and possibly run it slightly underclocked, if you want that
> extra stability.


i was thinking of a gigabyte supersilent mb with support of ddr2 - 800 and
ddr3 1333 and support for all the athlons around and for some opterons and
fsb dual 1000mhz with hypertransport, of a 2gb ddr2 800 ocz kit, a gigabyte
supersilent ati hd2600pro 256ddr3 or 512ddr2 vram, 2 sata-2 250 or 300gbs
hds with at least 8mb cache in raid 1/lvm and some other minor modding
things like the dual fan system from thermaltake with 2 supersilent fans and
a silent case fan. my problem was the choice of the processor. i thought
that taking a mb like that i could be able to switch from a middle-high dual
to a quad without great problem and from ddr2 to ddr3. this should be able
to do the trick for at least two years (or more considering the expansion of
the proc and memory) and then pass to a simple desktop if the market start
to run a lot.

MHO, FWIW.
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