I'm running it off the SD card. This may be the point... but I would think SD speed to be roughly the same as NAND speed...?
Ruben On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 20:57, Mark Tuson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ruben, > > Mine lasts about ten hours at a pinch, but I top it up when I'm sat at a > computer, anyway - which is a lot of the time. Just plug it in for an hour > here and there and it's alright. Then plug it in overnight. I've never had > to fsck the card when the system's gone off, or when the card's been popped > out when mounted (as has happened once or twice when I've not been careful > with it). Then again, my Debian is actually on the NAND, and my 15G > partition is /home, don't know what your configuration is. The only speed > issue I've had with Debian has been when I load vim or a man, I have to wait > about five seconds. No problems with the keyboard at all. What is your > setup? > > Aside, to anyone who knows: is it an actual Linux kernel on the NanoNote? Or > is it a highly customized one for the lb60? Just wondering; would I be able > to compile a new one on it from source, transfer it to my PC, and flash it > over? Or do I have to use the SDK and a pile of diffs? > > Mark. > > > On 17/11/10 18:56, Rubén Berenguel wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> I have a problem with keeping it up always: the battery seems to last >> less with Debian than with OpenWRT. And if by mistake it runs out of >> battery (some times this happens during the night), I need my laptop >> to fsck the SD card, because if not it won't power up (system not >> fscked->boot up fails in this Debian), and then this feels bad. This >> is the main reason I'm not using it just the same way you do. >> >> Also, I've had several problems with Debian's speed: some times I type >> "p" and I get maybe 10p's... (p is just an example, it can happen with >> other keys, of course). Has it happened to you? Any idea why this may >> happen? >> >> Ruben >> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 19:33, Mark Tuson<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yeah it takes a while to boot and halt, but my way of coping with it is >>> incredibly simple: keep it charged, and never turn it off. Its uptime has >>> reached two months recently, but then it ran out of power on Saturday. I >>> charged it, and turned it on again, and it's fine now. I don't use a GUI >>> on >>> it - partly because the programs I use won't work on a machine with spec >>> as >>> low as the NanoNote, and partly because I want to learn more about purely >>> CLI-based operation. In my experience, all the CLI apps work (except >>> java, >>> which just hangs the system) and rogue (which needs an 80x24 display; >>> I've >>> got 60x20 or whatever it is - it hangs the system because of it). X with >>> TWM >>> or FVWM loads in a few seconds, but XFCE takes about five minutes. SIMH >>> works fine (well, altairz80 and pdp11 do, wanted to try vax but I don't >>> really want a vax simulator on there). I basically use my NanoNote as a >>> miniature laptop, for taking notes, a little programming, and exploring >>> old >>> UNIX (what SIMH is there for). >>> >>> I went with Debian because it's what I have on all my other computers. I >>> put >>> a 16G uSD card in it: 64M for swap, the rest for storage (and Debian >>> supports ext4, too :) ). And it comes with GCC and whatnot, while >>> compiling >>> for OpenWRT seems to require building the cross-compiler and system >>> stuff, >>> which was quite ugly when I tried to do it. >>> >>> The only problems I've had on Debian were swapping and keymapping (solved >>> ages ago now), passwords (solved when I apt-got dist-upgrade a couple of >>> months ago), and the keymap in X, which I haven't solved, but isn't >>> desperate. It would be nice if the keymap was right in X (because I want >>> to >>> be able to use TWM/FVWM), but since there's no mouse and the display's >>> too >>> small, I'd probably never use it if it did work. >>> >>> Mark. >>> >>> >>> On 17/11/10 17:44, Cristian Paul Peñaranda Rojas wrote: >>> >>> By the way, who actually uses OpenWRT, and what for? I just don't >>> understand >>> why it can't be done with Debian to start off with; it's far more >>> complete >>> (well, after an apt-get dist-upgrade), and will run more software. >>> >>> >>> I do, if i want a simple free of patent and with upstream support for >>> packages. And easilly confirable by Menuconfig (is easy for me it may >>> varies) >>> >>> Sure, why not Debian?, i really din try it, was kind slow first time >>> i did,may be is better now. Some questions: >>> >>> - how long take too boot (including loading a GUI)? >>> - how long take to poweroff >>> - what apps are working (including already ones that works on openwrt >>> or jlime). i mean music player, maps, dicionary, some basic games >>> >>> May be you can tell us more about your experience, will be cool have it >>> well supported on the Ben. >>> >>> >>> In the other side is Jlime wich is based on OE, wich youw how you can >>> get X stuff running, and of course more than 10.000 packages compared >>> with around 2000 from openwrt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qi Hardware Discussion List >>> Mail to list (members only): [email protected] >>> Subscribe or Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qi Hardware Discussion List >>> Mail to list (members only): [email protected] >>> Subscribe or Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qi Hardware Discussion List >> Mail to list (members only): [email protected] >> Subscribe or Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
