Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

On 25.11.2012 22:43, Jacques Montier wrote: > Each time you sync the portage, you should write on the SSD... > Is it a good thing ? It is the best thing since rsync! Really - it is amazing! And about portage: you write in your portage tree not nearly as often as in /home. SSDs don't die as quickly

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

On 26.11.2012 00:18, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:46:28 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > >> Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - >> any other effects? > > Yes, no, improved virtual memory performance. +1 > SSDs aren't cheapo SD cards, they are

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

在 2012年11月26日 星期一 09:08:00，Bill Kenworthy 写道： > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 08:29 +0800, microcai wrote: > > 2012/11/26 William Kenworthy : > > > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > >> Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > >> > Has anyone tri

Re: [gentoo-user] easy Gentoo tricks

On Nov 26, 2012 4:56 AM, "Grant" wrote: > > What are your favorite easy Gentoo tricks? Stuff that makes your system a lot better in some way with only a minimal amount of effort. I personally keep stage '3.5' containing pre-compiled 'must-haves'. And a '3.9' where the world has been totally reco

Re: [gentoo-user] easy Gentoo tricks

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 01:53:22PM -0800, Grant wrote > What are your favorite easy Gentoo tricks? Stuff that makes your system a > lot better in some way with only a minimal amount of effort. I just > discovered one for xfce4: > > emerge tumbler > > No other config. Really cool result. In

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 08:29 +0800, microcai wrote: > 2012/11/26 William Kenworthy : > > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > >> > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely?

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

2012/11/26 Jacques Montier : > > > 2012/11/25 Alex Schuster >> >> Jacques Montier writes: >> >>> I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation >>> and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go >>> RAM). >>> >>> 1- Everything seems to work perfectly,

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

2012/11/26 William Kenworthy : > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: >> > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - >> > any other effects? >> > >> > I have a system that is

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - > > any other effects? > > > > I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and tends to

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:02:23AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - > > any other effects? > > > > I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and te

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:46:28 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - > any other effects? Yes, no, improved virtual memory performance. SSDs aren't cheapo SD cards, they are meant to be written to. A storage device that broke if y

Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - > any other effects? > > I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and tends to use swap > heavily at times which slows things down ... so I am thinking

[gentoo-user] swap on ssd?

Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - any other effects? I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and tends to use swap heavily at times which slows things down ... so I am thinking a small ssd might help here. Another slower alternative is a usb thumbdrive

[gentoo-user] easy Gentoo tricks

What are your favorite easy Gentoo tricks? Stuff that makes your system a lot better in some way with only a minimal amount of effort. I just discovered one for xfce4: emerge tumbler No other config. Really cool result. - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

2012/11/25 Alex Schuster > Jacques Montier writes: > > I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation >> and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). >> >> 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i would like to know if my >> configuratio

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

2012/11/25 Florian Philipp > Am 25.11.2012 17:34, schrieb Jacques Montier: > > 2012/11/25 Luis Gustavo Vilela de Oliveira > > > > 2012/11/25 Jacques Montier > > > [...] > > 2- When booting, BIOS seems to detect the

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Jacques Montier writes: I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i would like to know if my configuration is ok or could be optimized. /tmp and /

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Am 25.11.2012 17:34, schrieb Jacques Montier: > 2012/11/25 Luis Gustavo Vilela de Oliveira > > 2012/11/25 Jacques Montier > [...] > 2- When booting, BIOS seems to detect the SSD as IDE not SATA ; > anything wr

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

So i just kept noatime and discard options (for SSD). Thank you Florian, -- Jacques 2012/11/25 Florian Philipp > Am 25.11.2012 16:36, schrieb Jacques Montier: > > Hi all, > > > > I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation > > and installed the drive on my desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Thank you Luis, In BIOS, i switched to AHCI instead of IDE Mode, but the system does not boot. I get kernel panic (No filesystem could mount root...) My kernel configuration : CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y -- Jacques 2012/11/25 Luis Gustavo Vilela de Oliveira > You should look at the BIOS config, if AH

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Am Sonntag, 25. November 2012, 16:36:06 schrieb Jacques Montier: > Hi all, > > I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation and > installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). > > 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i would like to know i

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Am 25.11.2012 16:36, schrieb Jacques Montier: > Hi all, > > I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation > and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). > > 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i would like to know if my > configuratio

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD configuration

You should look at the BIOS config, if AHCI is enable. 2012/11/25 Jacques Montier > Hi all, > > I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation > and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). > > 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i w

[gentoo-user] SSD configuration

Hi all, I bought a 250Go SSD M4 Crucial , read (of course) Gentoo documentation and installed the drive on my desktop pc (Asus MB, Intel ie7 and 6Go RAM). 1- Everything seems to work perfectly, but i would like to know if my configuration is ok or could be optimized. /tmp and /var/log are on tmp

Re: [gentoo-user] nagios - check_nrpe missing

On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:31:30 -0700 Joseph wrote: > On 11/24/12 10:18, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:44:59 -0700 > >Joseph wrote: > > > >> On 11/23/12 08:40, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> >On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:04:17 -0700 > >> >Joseph wrote: > >> > > >> >> I just installed "nagios

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xserver update: tilde no longer dead key

On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:01:03 + Mick wrote: > > A seemingly related issued was reported on e-users: > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > The thread is titled "Problem with Polish Keyboard layout" > > Thanks Alan, I had already kicked around in t

Re: [gentoo-user] nagios - check_nrpe missing

On Sunday 25 Nov 2012 06:31:30 Joseph wrote: > I gave up on this "nagios" too hard to set it up and/or find any decent > instructions how to set it up correctly :-) I haven't run Nagios on Gentoo either, but it isn't impossible to get it going on any Linux machine. Have you checked the basics -