Hi list! I tried to find out if preloading can improve startup time if you use autologin (=no login screen, KDE gets started immediately). With just one small modification I managed to save 11.6 seconds on my system, bringing the time from 71 seconds down to 59.4!
This would certainly be a great thing for the 1CD install, so I would like you to test this. I want to see if it is really that easy to improve performance. Setup: - activate autologin for a user that uses KDE - Insert a command in /etc/init.d/boot.localfs. Change > rc_status > mount -av -t nonfs,noproc,nodevpts,nosmbfs -O no_netdev > rc_status -v1 -r > ;; >stop) to > rc_status > mount -av -t nonfs,noproc,nodevpts,nosmbfs -O no_netdev > /usr/bin/ionice -n6 /sbin/preload < /var/cache/preload/kde.preload & > rc_status -v1 -r > ;; >stop) The only remaining problem is timing. A stopwatch is too unprecise, so I have attached a file that you should place in /opt/kde3/share/autostart. When the system starts, it will open a small window that shows the current uptime of the system (first number, ignore the second one). I would really appreciate your feedback! Cheers nordi
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