On 5/11/07, David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:59:42 -0400 Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Perhaps you could also recompile your kernel to be compressed (it's > > in the config options), and thus use less memory. > > A compressed kernel will take up less space on the disk, but gets > decompressed as it is loaded into memory, so it wont make YDL any > leaner on RAM usage. It's likely that the kernel is already compressed > anyway. > > If you do feel like going the recompiled kernel route, find out which > actual modules you use and which ones you don't use, then compile them > all directly into the kernel, there is quite a bit of overhead in > loading things as modules. On the other hand, some modules prefer to > remain as modules. Only do this sort of thing if you are comfortable > with compiling your own kernel, the TSS developers went to a lot of > trouble in setting up the kernel just right so that you don't have to, > but they have no idea what each individual really needs, so they went > with generic options sometimes. > > I believe the general tendency for the TSS developers is "modules are > bad, M'kay", so you may find that you can't squeeze much out of the > kernel. > > If you do stick to E17, pick backgrounds with no animation, based on > small images, maybe even just a single pixel image stretched across the > screen for a single coloured background. Unload any modules that you > don't really need. Keep it down to one shelf. E17 has config options > in the configuration panel (performance dialog from memory) that let > you tell it to use less memory for caches and things. > > If you don't need nautilus, disable it. The same goes for any other > package that was designed for GNOME or KDE, as they tend to drag large > parts of GNOME and KDE in with them, thus negating the memory > efficiency of light weight window managers like E17. > > Measure the effect of each thing you do with a good memory meter. Keep > an eye out for false positives when things get pushed into swap. > Sometimes things get pushed into swap just because they have not been > used for a while, and they tend to just stay there. This is not using > up any real RAM, but may give you a false idea of what caused any > sudden drop in the amount of used memory. >
On the topics of windows managers, I don't always have the mouse available for the PS3, so I had to choose KDE because you can do everything in KDE with only a keyboard (GNOME likely can do the same, but for me KDE has smaller memory requirement). If somebody can suggest a light windows manager which supports keyboard only interface, please let me know. Thanks. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
