Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-14 Thread Michael Schmitz
modutils? Thanks, found! There was a file + symlink without package... The 'purge' option of dpkg is your friend here (admittedly, packages superseding older packages could be smarter about this - file a bug against module-init-tools please) Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-12 17:35:43, schrieb Bastian Blank: On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:43:08PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: This has changed between Sarge and Etch? Yes. It was changed in 3.2.2-5. Perfect. It seems, that my Etch-Office-Workstation (2.6.18) is doing dependencie checking at each

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:43:08PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: This has changed between Sarge and Etch? Yes. It was changed in 3.2.2-5. It seems, that my Etch-Office-Workstation (2.6.18) is doing dependencie checking at each bootup. Maybe this is a forgotten old piece of script from

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-10 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-08 10:08:53, schrieb Bastian Blank: On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:22:54PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-01-31 23:35:31, schrieb Gaudenz Steinlin: Do you have any numbers that kernel with unneeded hardware options not compiled in actually run faster? I would be very

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-08 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:22:54PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-01-31 23:35:31, schrieb Gaudenz Steinlin: Do you have any numbers that kernel with unneeded hardware options not compiled in actually run faster? I would be very suprised by this as the additional code just never

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-31 23:35:31, schrieb Gaudenz Steinlin: Do you have any numbers that kernel with unneeded hardware options not compiled in actually run faster? I would be very suprised by this as the additional code just never runs. AFAIK all applicable processor optimizations for powerpc are

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-01 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:30:37PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. I think self-compiling kernels is generally overrated. I'd suggest trying pre-packaged

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:43 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much benchmarks but the early ones I have seen showed some fairly decent performance gains. CFS was in 2.6.23 already and actually has some issues in 2.6.24,

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Roger Baig Viñas
On Jan 31, 2008 10:59 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:43 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. I think self-compiling kernels is generally

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Bin Zhang
On Jan 31, 2008 7:43 AM, Amit Uttamchandani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels. As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Bob McGowan
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels. As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much benchmarks but the early ones I have seen

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:50:23PM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: Well, the primary advantage to rolling your own is that you can customize the kernel for your hardware. Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which you don't have. This can reduce the size of the

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Miles Bader
Bob McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which you don't have. This can reduce the size of the kernel, which can translate into faster operations, as well as reduced space needed to hold it (and the modules you build, if any).

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Bob McGowan
Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:50:23PM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: Well, the primary advantage to rolling your own is that you can customize the kernel for your hardware. Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which you don't have. This can

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. I think self-compiling kernels is generally overrated. I'd suggest trying pre-packaged kernels from sid first. Pre-packaged kernels from sid. Will they work

Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels. As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much benchmarks but the early ones I have seen showed some fairly decent