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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 15:10, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> I'm on ext4 with delayed allocation enabled, but I still see GUI lock-ups |
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> when emerging without tmpfs (and I do have nice 19 and ionice idle). There |
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> are a few lock-ups even with tmpfs, but not as severe as without it. But I |
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> do have 6GB RAM. Not sure if 2GB will be enough since if you're running X |
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> and have apps open (Firefox, etc), RAM might get pretty tight and tmpfs will |
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> swap out to disk. |
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My work's quad system has 6GB RAM as well and I have 2GB permanently |
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allocated in /var/tmp |
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Best thing I ever did, I can actually emerge while using KVM without |
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watching slideshows :) |
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Alex Alexander || wired |
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Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester |
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http://www.linuxized.com |
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