-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:12:06AM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: >> Chris Bannister wrote: >> <snipped> >>> Where are your bottlenecks? >> currently my two biggest bottlenecks are with the networking and the >> MTA. i installed "ifplugd" and set a faster timeout for the network and >> that has helped. i don't really "need" a MTA for my laptop and will be >> looking for some alternative. have thought about just removing Exim and >> dealing with whatever dependency issues arise. i can always just look >> at the log files for info if i need to. > > I think that is a DNS lookup issue. > >>> I altered the link from /bin/sh to point to /bin/dash instead of >>> /bin/bash but I'm not sure if I got a big improvement. It seems >>> reasonably fast though. :-) >> i have been using zsh recently and it has worked pretty well so far. > > No, the shell *you* use is determined by the line in /etc/passwd. What I > meant was the shell used to execute the initscripts. > > What does: > > # ls -al /bin/sh > > produce? > > If it comes back as pointing to /bin/bash then try pointing /bin/sh to > /bin/dash and see if there is any improvement. >
installing dash first would probably be an idea. I could be wrong, but i don't believe it comes in a stock install. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH7vbsLeTfO4yBSAcRApcsAKCnfURHOBRpUYE8ArCC840IoG/KjACgjxis E2rl7Oeb3T9uvsZ8Auc0zV0= =isQc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
