Re: Lockup of 800 and 801
On 3 Mar 2009, at 16:35, Aaron Konstam wrote: Both 800 and 801 lockup completely fairly regularly. Once locked up the keys don't work . All I can do is hit the start button to turn the machine off and then turn it back on. Am I the only one having this problem? Hi Aaron, Occasional lockups for me are almost always related to lack of memory. Can you describe what/how many Activities you usually have running? The two that catch me out more often are Read and Browse: - Read; it depends on the complexity of the PDF, but it (evince) is having to rasterize pages as you scroll and zoom about – a good example is trying to zoom way in on the pdf world maps provided in the default installed library, you'll soon run out of memory. - Browse; Sites with heavy flash are very bad (that why it's a REALY GOOD IDEA not to disable that magic CSS tweak that does the 'click to flash' trick, actually I started using a similar flash blocker on my main machine and life is a lot smoother). Obviously very long, complicated pages can also cause memory issues, a good example is using Google Reader, it works well for about 15min of my usual reading habit before I'm in danger of a lockup. Hope that helps. --Gary -- = == The scum also rises. -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson = == Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Lockup of 800 and 801
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 3 Mar 2009, at 16:35, Aaron Konstam wrote: Both 800 and 801 lockup completely fairly regularly. Once locked up the keys don't work . All I can do is hit the start button to turn the machine off and then turn it back on. Am I the only one having this problem? Hi Aaron, Occasional lockups for me are almost always related to lack of memory. Can you describe what/how many Activities you usually have running? If this is the case, do yourself a favor and by an SD card to use as SWAP. Life will be much better with the XO. If you have the extra $$$, grab one that's SDHC, class 6. The Class 6 card will make the machine more responsive, although I use one Class 2(hdparm shows about 6MB/s though) and it's fine. Best regards, Tiago Marques The two that catch me out more often are Read and Browse: - Read; it depends on the complexity of the PDF, but it (evince) is having to rasterize pages as you scroll and zoom about – a good example is trying to zoom way in on the pdf world maps provided in the default installed library, you'll soon run out of memory. - Browse; Sites with heavy flash are very bad (that why it's a REALY GOOD IDEA not to disable that magic CSS tweak that does the 'click to flash' trick, actually I started using a similar flash blocker on my main machine and life is a lot smoother). Obviously very long, complicated pages can also cause memory issues, a good example is using Google Reader, it works well for about 15min of my usual reading habit before I'm in danger of a lockup. Hope that helps. --Gary -- = == The scum also rises. -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson = == Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Lockup of 800 and 801
Both 800 and 801 lockup completely fairly regularly. Once locked up the keys don't work . All I can do is hit the start button to turn the machine off and then turn it back on. Am I the only one having this problem? I'm not having a lockup, but I am seeing unwanted behavior. I have an XO with 801 running 24/7, which has a hard disk and a mouse plugged in to an external USB hub. Normally, the only Activity I've launched on it is Terminal. Multiple times, when I've walked up to the XO (after it has been unused for hours) and tried to use its mouse - nothing happens - the system no longer appears to see that device. [The XO's built-in touchpad, etc., work fine - so does the (plugged directly into the XO) external USB keyboard.] I do not know if it is the XO software that is having difficulty, or if there is something wrong with that particular USB hub. To get back use of the external mouse, I have to re-boot my XO. mikus ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Lockup of 800 and 801
On 3 Mar 2009, at 20:14, Tiago Marques wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 3 Mar 2009, at 16:35, Aaron Konstam wrote: Both 800 and 801 lockup completely fairly regularly. Once locked up the keys don't work . All I can do is hit the start button to turn the machine off and then turn it back on. Am I the only one having this problem? Hi Aaron, Occasional lockups for me are almost always related to lack of memory. Can you describe what/how many Activities you usually have running? If this is the case, do yourself a favor and by an SD card to use as SWAP. Life will be much better with the XO. If you have the extra $$$, grab one that's SDHC, class 6. The Class 6 card will make the machine more responsive, although I use one Class 2(hdparm shows about 6MB/s though) and it's fine. Best regards, Tiago Marques Absolutely and thanks for the feedback, lack/absence of SWAP on the XO is the root of many evils. Though personally, I try to avoid things our target audience won't be able to use so I get the best impressions of problems they may be encountering – but for tech users, this will give you leeway. --Gary The two that catch me out more often are Read and Browse: - Read; it depends on the complexity of the PDF, but it (evince) is having to rasterize pages as you scroll and zoom about – a good example is trying to zoom way in on the pdf world maps provided in the default installed library, you'll soon run out of memory. - Browse; Sites with heavy flash are very bad (that why it's a REALY GOOD IDEA not to disable that magic CSS tweak that does the 'click to flash' trick, actually I started using a similar flash blocker on my main machine and life is a lot smoother). Obviously very long, complicated pages can also cause memory issues, a good example is using Google Reader, it works well for about 15min of my usual reading habit before I'm in danger of a lockup. Hope that helps. --Gary -- = == The scum also rises. -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson = == Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Lockup of 800 and 801
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 3 Mar 2009, at 20:14, Tiago Marques wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.com wrote: On 3 Mar 2009, at 16:35, Aaron Konstam wrote: Both 800 and 801 lockup completely fairly regularly. Once locked up the keys don't work . All I can do is hit the start button to turn the machine off and then turn it back on. Am I the only one having this problem? Hi Aaron, Occasional lockups for me are almost always related to lack of memory. Can you describe what/how many Activities you usually have running? If this is the case, do yourself a favor and by an SD card to use as SWAP. Life will be much better with the XO. If you have the extra $$$, grab one that's SDHC, class 6. The Class 6 card will make the machine more responsive, although I use one Class 2(hdparm shows about 6MB/s though) and it's fine. Best regards, Tiago Marques Absolutely and thanks for the feedback, lack/absence of SWAP on the XO is the root of many evils. Though personally, I try to avoid things our target audience won't be able to use so I get the best impressions of problems they may be encountering – but for tech users, this will give you leeway. At least for me, I can't get more than 3 hours of battery with the SD card in the slot. Have you considered adding a card for deployments, given how cheap they are nowadays? May be advantageous in deployments where energy is not that scarce(if there are any). Best regards, Tiago Marques --Gary The two that catch me out more often are Read and Browse: - Read; it depends on the complexity of the PDF, but it (evince) is having to rasterize pages as you scroll and zoom about – a good example is trying to zoom way in on the pdf world maps provided in the default installed library, you'll soon run out of memory. - Browse; Sites with heavy flash are very bad (that why it's a REALY GOOD IDEA not to disable that magic CSS tweak that does the 'click to flash' trick, actually I started using a similar flash blocker on my main machine and life is a lot smoother). Obviously very long, complicated pages can also cause memory issues, a good example is using Google Reader, it works well for about 15min of my usual reading habit before I'm in danger of a lockup. Hope that helps. --Gary -- = == The scum also rises. -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson = == Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
