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

[Beso]

> With mainline kernel suspend-to-disk working, and setting /sys/power/
> image_size to the largest possible given the size of the swap partition,
> I've discovered that cache is retained up to that size.


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. my notebook does only support a 80gb
(i'm planning an upgrade to 160 when it runs out of waranty - on february)
so i don't have neither the space needed for a great swap neither a raid
array on it. i'm also meditating to acquire a new notebook the next year so
i really wonder how much would it repay a disk upgrade to the old one.

I do this all the time, but "manually".  That is, I routinely have 2-4,
> sometimes more (I've had up to 11, more than that I couldn't keep ahead
> of ensuring I was free of dependencies and doing the etc-updates faster
> than the things were getting compiled) windows open, compiling different
> things at the same time.  That's especially true when KDE comes out with
> an update, and I have 90-some packages to update just from it, all coming
> out the same day.


for what i've learned portage is not thread safe. thus, i've myself been
using 2 or three paludis threads at the same time after verifying that the
packages compile in one terminal don't relate to other ones.
but having something that actually does this without me needing to worry for
that would be better.

When I get my dual dual-cores, I expect it'll be even more so, altho
> practically speaking, I'm more likely to just set up two compiles at once
> and then go do something else (like checking the lists =8^) with the rest
> of my CPU time.


i also compile normally when i don't need the pc to do something particular
for me, ie. web browsing, or when i program something. i don't have a dual
core pc so i cannot put a lot of compile threads at the same time.
by the way, i've seen a thread of you speaking of a tyan with opteron and
i'd like to think what you think of opteron vs athlon.
i'm planning a desktop middle ranged home server with some db, mail, rsync,
mythtv, compilation server and occasionally running some games and i'd like
to know if it worths buying an opteron dualcore or it's better an athlonx2.

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