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- Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!dj2kenne
- From: dj2kenne@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (David Kennedy)
- Subject: Re: Suggestions on X for A3000 with 2 chip, 4 Fast
- Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner)
- Message-ID: <DMJDtD.8v1@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 01:36:49 GMT
- References: <4fb55q$kcd@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
-
- In article <4fb55q$kcd@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>, David Kerrivan <thoth@bnr.ca> wrote:
- >
- >I setup the system over the weekend, and tried to get X installed. I am
- >running the system with X11R6, and fvwm (seems to get rave reviews
- >on function and size.) and XdanvierBig installed. ( I presume I did this
- >correctly )
-
- I've found fvwm to be HUGE as far as size goes. Try something smaller
- like twm (a bit less function, but in your case, I would expect a lot
- MORE function)
-
- >The system takes about 10 minutes to get up and open a single xterm.
- >I have the swap partition set to be 3 * total ram + a little for good
- >measure= 20 Mb.
- >
- >Besides the answer "buy more ram" which is not fiscally possible right now,
- >is there a way to stream line this setup so that I can get at least
- >2 xterms running smoothly? ( I don't really like csh job control - I forget
- >what I'm doing.)
- >
- >I still have not gotten into things deep enough to recompile my kernel.
-
- I have been running such a setup (WITH X) for a while - A3000 with
- 4 meg fast, 2 meg chip, 20 meg swap. Two things seemed to make this
- go much smoother:
- 1. Recompile an Amiga 3000-specific kernel. Take out EVERYTHING you don't
- need. I saved about 200 K myself.
- 2. While you're doing that, consider putting the swap partition onto a
- different drive. Note that you can create a swap partition on a
- different drive no problem, but in order to use it, you have to recompile
- the kernel, removing the GENERIC option, and specifying your swap and
- root partitions.
- The last point seems to help a lot. After getting the swap onto a seperate
- spindle, my X load time was divided by about 3. Mind you, it still swaps,
- but it swaps FASTER, and the swapping doesn't affect the other drive.
-
- Of course, I am hopefully getting about 8 more meg ram real soon now.
- (fingers crossed).
-
- David.
-
- --
- The opinions expressed are most likely mine, but might be my pet turtle's.
- Any similarities to my pet hampster's opinions are coincidental.
-