hi anuerin. thanks again for your feedback! :)
At 09:32 01/12/11 -0500, you wrote: >hi, > >be glad to contribute something ;-). > >if you look at the mandrake control center->boot->boot config->Advanced , >there is a checkbox (sticky push button box? ;-) that should clean tmp at >each boot but for some reason it doesnt work here. it is not recomended to >just delete the locks in tmp as the program using it may still be active. >if you want to do some cleaning just dont delete the hidden locks as a >rule of thumb (i hope you are doing this while out of X since it depends >on the .X0lock file to gain exclusive use of the display :0 or something >like that). > >one interesting point that i read in ibm.com was the use of tmpfs as your >/tmp. tmpfs is like a normal filesystem but instead of in the disks, the >files are stored in memory (physical and swap). One drawback is that if >you dont specify the maximum size of the tmpfs you may find yourself >running out of memory and your system will resort to killing the biggest >hog which usually is X. The good thing is that your tmp is really cleaned >upon shutdown as all the files in tmp is on volatile memory. if you issue >a mount command you will find that you already have a tmpfs on your system >(i think this was only applicable to 2.2.x and above kernels) and it is >mounted on /dev/shm. if anybody want to read the whole article, go to the >MUO board and search the tips and tricks section for something like >ibm.com or filesystem. > >if you can free some more space (from windows maybe? ;-) then do so with >partition magic (or whatever tool you have), create a linux partition >(choose what type) ang mount it on /tmp. sorry but that is the simplest >route that i can think of but maybe somebody here can suggest a better idea. > >ciao!
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