> > I have now switched to gdm. It has some more features such as log in in > a nested window. As I leave my laptop running most of the time (emerge > -uD world over dial-up) logging in is nothing I do very often. >
Do you prefetch all the required source first? eg: # emerge -uDpv world from the result you can estimate the download time. # emerge -uDf world then disconnect # emerge -uD world Also if you can get your timing right, you can prefetch and compile in different terminals at the same time. Col.
