Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[ Mr . Ed  via support-seamonkey]

On 2/19/2021 4:18 PM, DoctorBill wrote:
> DoctorBill wrote:
>> Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
>> Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
>> Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.
>>
>> Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.
>>
>> Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
>> to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
>> Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
>> Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast
>> transferring ?
>>
>> So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?
>>
>> Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing graphics
>> files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand Paint.net
>> and
>> GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, too.
>>
>> DoctorBill
>
> I guess 4 GB Cache is irrelevant - it froze right after I saved the above
> Post !
>
> DB
For what it;'s worth - My SM cache is set for 0MB 

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[NFN Smith]

DoctorBill wrote:



THANK YOU for spending SO MUCH effort to assist me !
I must study what you have written !


Glad to contribute.



My Hard Drive being 82% full is, I would guess from your comments,
my main concern.  I am transferring much to another USB SS hard Drive from
COSTCO.  I will free up as much as I can and see if THAT improves my 
situation

- First.


Storage space was kind of an afterthought, but with further feedback 
from you, it makes sense that that could be a contributor your problems.




I do A LOT of photographic work with Paint.net and GraphicsWorkshop Pro
(Alchemy Mindworks out of Canada - NICE Program!).  My hobby is antique 
Black Powder
Firearms and I Reload and correspond with others with the same Interest 
on Forums and via E-Mail.
Then there is Gardening and Plants.  I like to Teach what I know to 
others on various FORUMS, so I edit a lot of photos and Insert Labels 
and Comments via Paint.net and post

"How-To" Threads.

Long Story Short - Lot of Photo Editing  


That's a lot more graphical content than a typical business user, and 
256 G isn't a lot of space to work with.  It's not impossible, but for 
that kind of work, you have to be really disciplined about keeping only 
the stuff that you're actively working on on your main storage device, 
and being aggressive about either moving stuff to other storage, as well 
as deleting interim copies of things.


Most often, I'm aware of low storage space being an issue for overall 
performance, especially if you're short enough on memory that Windows is 
doing a lot of swapping.  And while 8 GB may be sufficient for normal 
business use, it's entirely possible that it's not enough for the photo 
editing work that you're doing, which would also


In this context, I'm inclined to believe that Seamonkey is only the 
bearer of bad news (inadequate storage and inadequate RAM), and where 
there's not much you can tweak.  If you get your system resources 
increased, then i think Seamonkey will likely be a lot happier (as well 
as the rest of your computer)


BTW - I am 78 and know just 
enough to be
dangerous to myself.   Retired Biochemist and later Teacher of Chemistry 
at a Com College.


Thanks again for you time and efforts !  It is much appreciated !

DoctorBill




Glad to help.


Smith
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

NFN Smith wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:



So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing
 graphics files or about to save them.  Always happens when using
SMand Paint.net and GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).
Usually Windows Explorer on, too.



Several thoughts, with indirect reference to other comments made in this 
thread...


Overall, your hardware specs are fine, and if you have broadband access, 
you don't really need much in the way of cache.  Personally, I run my 
own at 10 MB, and I sometimes do Firefox configs as low as 5 MB.  And as 
has been suggested, even setting to zero isn't necessarily a problem.


I'm inclined to believe that your problem is something that's not 
Seamonkey itself, but where Seamonkey issues are symptoms of something 
else.


As a common troubleshooting thing, I frequently suggest clearing cache 
and cookies.  Remember that with broadband connections and Web 2.0, the 
browser is seen as much as a tool for running scripts, as it is for 
simply rendering HTML content.  If there's stuff in the cache that's 
causing freezes, it could be a script that's confused, by trying to take 
content from the cache when it should be grabbing new stuff. I think 
that clearing the cache is more likely to address your problem than 
increasing the cache, and unless you're using dialup connections, I 
don't think you gain anything by making the cache larger than the 
Seamonkey defaults.


I'm assuming that you've already tried Safe Mode, to see what happens if 
you disable all your extensions, but I'll at least note here.


Another step to try would be trying an alternate user profile, where all 
the settings are default.  If you get better handling there, then it is 
indicative that something in your current profile is amiss.


Some discussion elsewhere in the thread suggests issues with video 
handling.  I have found that there are times when it can be appropriate 
to disable hardware acceleration for video -- not system-wide (and I not 
your stated discomfort with doing Windows registry tweaks), but 
disabling acceleration in Seamonkey.  (To do that,  go to  Edit -> 
Preferences -> Appearance / Content", uncheck "Use hardware acceleration 
when available).


It's possible (although probably not likely) that there could be issues 
that relate to your Windows user profile.  As with changing out a 
profile in Seamonkey, you could also try seeing if you get the same 
issues with a different user ID.


If that's not giving you the results you want, especially if you're 
seeing similar issues with freezing in other applications, then I think 
you're probably seeing system-related issues.  The first thing that 
comes to mind is drivers.  You didn't mention how long you've been 
having issues, but if it's within a week or two, a driver update is 
definitely a candidate.  Take a look at your history for updates, and if 
there's anything that has updated there related to video, you may want 
to consider backing out that update, or even going to the Device Manager 
and deleting your video driver, and letting Windows redetect.


Even further, it's possible that the last Patch Tuesday update might 
have something that's interfering, and you might want to have Windows 
uninstall that one.


On additional review of discussion, I see that you're using Win 7, so 
that would appear to eliminate Patch Tuesday updates, but drivers could 
still be an issue. Win 7 itself isn't an issue.  Besides differences in 
drivers and changes in UI, Win 7 isn't significantly different from 
either Vista or Win 10.


Given a machine of that apparent vintage, your symptoms might be 
indications of hardware issues, especially a failing video card.


One final thought: if you're running your storage at 18% available 
capacity, it's effectively full. Although an SSD may be a little more 
forgiving than a traditional hard drive, when you're that close, there's 
inadequate space for burst demand, and you will be seeing performance 
issues with your computer.  I'm doubtful that that is causing your 
reported problems, but it's not impossible either.  If you're running a 
256 GB drive, then the expectation is that the drive is predominantly 
used for system and applications, and that you have minimal amounts of 
user data stored there.  You can probably do up to about 50 GB of your 
own storage, but very little for digital media content (photos, music, 
videos) or archival storage of stuff you want to keep, but that you 
don't need to get to every day.  For a 250 GB drive, you'll find much 
better overall performance if you get the amount of free space increased 
to at least 75 GB, and if you can get to 100 GB of free space, that's 
even better.


Freeing space might or might not affect your video issues, but doing so 
will help overall performance. In that context, expanding your cache 
might actually compound problems by increasing the demand on your 

Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[NFN Smith]

DoctorBill wrote:



So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing
 graphics files or about to save them.  Always happens when using
SMand Paint.net and GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).
Usually Windows Explorer on, too.



Several thoughts, with indirect reference to other comments made in this 
thread...


Overall, your hardware specs are fine, and if you have broadband access, 
you don't really need much in the way of cache.  Personally, I run my 
own at 10 MB, and I sometimes do Firefox configs as low as 5 MB.  And as 
has been suggested, even setting to zero isn't necessarily a problem.


I'm inclined to believe that your problem is something that's not 
Seamonkey itself, but where Seamonkey issues are symptoms of something else.


As a common troubleshooting thing, I frequently suggest clearing cache 
and cookies.  Remember that with broadband connections and Web 2.0, the 
browser is seen as much as a tool for running scripts, as it is for 
simply rendering HTML content.  If there's stuff in the cache that's 
causing freezes, it could be a script that's confused, by trying to take 
content from the cache when it should be grabbing new stuff. I think 
that clearing the cache is more likely to address your problem than 
increasing the cache, and unless you're using dialup connections, I 
don't think you gain anything by making the cache larger than the 
Seamonkey defaults.


I'm assuming that you've already tried Safe Mode, to see what happens if 
you disable all your extensions, but I'll at least note here.


Another step to try would be trying an alternate user profile, where all 
the settings are default.  If you get better handling there, then it is 
indicative that something in your current profile is amiss.


Some discussion elsewhere in the thread suggests issues with video 
handling.  I have found that there are times when it can be appropriate 
to disable hardware acceleration for video -- not system-wide (and I not 
your stated discomfort with doing Windows registry tweaks), but 
disabling acceleration in Seamonkey.  (To do that,  go to  Edit -> 
Preferences -> Appearance / Content", uncheck "Use hardware acceleration 
when available).


It's possible (although probably not likely) that there could be issues 
that relate to your Windows user profile.  As with changing out a 
profile in Seamonkey, you could also try seeing if you get the same 
issues with a different user ID.


If that's not giving you the results you want, especially if you're 
seeing similar issues with freezing in other applications, then I think 
you're probably seeing system-related issues.  The first thing that 
comes to mind is drivers.  You didn't mention how long you've been 
having issues, but if it's within a week or two, a driver update is 
definitely a candidate.  Take a look at your history for updates, and if 
there's anything that has updated there related to video, you may want 
to consider backing out that update, or even going to the Device Manager 
and deleting your video driver, and letting Windows redetect.


Even further, it's possible that the last Patch Tuesday update might 
have something that's interfering, and you might want to have Windows 
uninstall that one.


On additional review of discussion, I see that you're using Win 7, so 
that would appear to eliminate Patch Tuesday updates, but drivers could 
still be an issue. Win 7 itself isn't an issue.  Besides differences in 
drivers and changes in UI, Win 7 isn't significantly different from 
either Vista or Win 10.


Given a machine of that apparent vintage, your symptoms might be 
indications of hardware issues, especially a failing video card.


One final thought: if you're running your storage at 18% available 
capacity, it's effectively full. Although an SSD may be a little more 
forgiving than a traditional hard drive, when you're that close, there's 
inadequate space for burst demand, and you will be seeing performance 
issues with your computer.  I'm doubtful that that is causing your 
reported problems, but it's not impossible either.  If you're running a 
256 GB drive, then the expectation is that the drive is predominantly 
used for system and applications, and that you have minimal amounts of 
user data stored there.  You can probably do up to about 50 GB of your 
own storage, but very little for digital media content (photos, music, 
videos) or archival storage of stuff you want to keep, but that you 
don't need to get to every day.  For a 250 GB drive, you'll find much 
better overall performance if you get the amount of free space increased 
to at least 75 GB, and if you can get to 100 GB of free space, that's 
even better.


Freeing space might or might not affect your video issues, but doing so 
will help overall performance. In that context, expanding your cache 
might actually compound problems by increasing the demand on your storage.


Smith

Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[David E. Ross]

On 2/19/2021 11:07 PM, DoctorBill wrote:
> Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
>> DoctorBill wrote:
>>> Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
 DoctorBill wrote:
> Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
> Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of 
> "Free
> Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
> Thumbdrive.
>
> Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.
>
> Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
> to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
> Cursor
> Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
> Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
> transferring ?
>
> So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?
>
> Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
> graphics
> files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
> Paint.net and
> GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
> on, too.
>
> DoctorBill

 How much ram do you have?
 64 bit o/s?
 This machine has 16GB ram and my web cache is set to Zero.
 Don't need a cache with enough ram.
 Also, try turning hardware acceleration on or off.
 https://appuals.com/disable-hardware-acceleration-windows-7-8-8-1-10/

>>>
>>> My system  3.10 GHz,  64 bit,  8 GB RAM.   250 GB SS HD,  18% (41,6 
>>> GB) free.
>>>
>>> DoctorBill
>>
>> The specs on your comp are quite good.  You really don't need much of a 
>> cache, or any cache. Something else is freezing up the cursor.
>> Try the hardware acceleration suggestion above.
>> Turn it off if on and on if off and see.
> 
> 
> PAUL -
> 
> I followed the link on accessing the Hardware Acceleration and the 
> Button was greyed out.
> Not available for on/off control.
> I DO NOT want to mess with the Registry !
> 
> If the Cache size has nothing to do with it, no Malware found - what else ?
> It happens when messing with transfer or saving of Graphics.   I often 
> take photos of my
> hobby stuff with digital cameras, edit the photos mostly with Paint.net 
> (adding labels
> and modifying Contrast & Saturation), then save then send to others via 
> E-Mail or enter
> them in Forums.  Antiques.   At unexpected times the Cursor won't move. 
> Lockup.
> Can't Ctrl-Atl-Del to the Task Manager.  Have to turn computer off then.
> 
> I shouldn't be getting this with 8 GB of RAM.  It is an HP Office 
> Computer bought used
> with Intel Core I  3.1 GHz 8 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro.  Been working fine 
> until just recently.
> 
> Could this be coming from various online sites boogering up Windows 7 
> because MS wants
> them to reject itOr am I just zipping around TOO FAST for the Win 7 
> software to keep
> the cursor from going off in the software programming lines of commands. 
>   i.e. demanding
> more than this machine can handle quickly enough ?   Stuck in a "Do Loop" ?
> 
> DoctorBill
> 

One thing that freezes my system -- including my mouse -- is a poorly
coded JavaScript.  I know from experience several Web sites have that
problem.  I disable JavaScript before visiting them.

Another thing causing the problem for me is unecessary images from
third-party domains, especially animated.  I restrict images to only
those from the domain of the Web page I select.

I also disable HTML5 media unless I know that I really want to see video.

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

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DoctorBill wrote on 2/19/21 4:10 PM:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.

Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast transferring ?

So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, too.

DoctorBill



have you tried
a different mouse
updated, reinstalled drivers
if usb, try another port




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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[Ant]

On 2/19/2021 2:11 PM, David E. Ross wrote:


Caching Web pages was useful when the Internet and Web servers were
slow.  Pages could be fetched from your local cashe much more quickly
than downloaded from the Internet.

Now the Internet and servers are fast.  On top of that, many sites use
PHP or other such tools to generate their Web pages on the fly, making
the cache useless.  I set my cache size to 0.


Still useful for static files like huge images, etc. Not everyone has 
fast Internet too. :(

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

Paul in Houston, TX wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Paul in Houston, TX wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of 
"Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


How much ram do you have?
64 bit o/s?
This machine has 16GB ram and my web cache is set to Zero.
Don't need a cache with enough ram.
Also, try turning hardware acceleration on or off.
https://appuals.com/disable-hardware-acceleration-windows-7-8-8-1-10/



My system  3.10 GHz,  64 bit,  8 GB RAM.   250 GB SS HD,  18% (41,6 
GB) free.


DoctorBill


The specs on your comp are quite good.  You really don't need much of a 
cache, or any cache. Something else is freezing up the cursor.

Try the hardware acceleration suggestion above.
Turn it off if on and on if off and see.



PAUL -

I followed the link on accessing the Hardware Acceleration and the 
Button was greyed out.

Not available for on/off control.
I DO NOT want to mess with the Registry !

If the Cache size has nothing to do with it, no Malware found - what else ?
It happens when messing with transfer or saving of Graphics.   I often 
take photos of my
hobby stuff with digital cameras, edit the photos mostly with Paint.net 
(adding labels
and modifying Contrast & Saturation), then save then send to others via 
E-Mail or enter
them in Forums.  Antiques.   At unexpected times the Cursor won't move. 
Lockup.

Can't Ctrl-Atl-Del to the Task Manager.  Have to turn computer off then.

I shouldn't be getting this with 8 GB of RAM.  It is an HP Office 
Computer bought used
with Intel Core I  3.1 GHz 8 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro.  Been working fine 
until just recently.


Could this be coming from various online sites boogering up Windows 7 
because MS wants
them to reject itOr am I just zipping around TOO FAST for the Win 7 
software to keep
the cursor from going off in the software programming lines of commands. 
 i.e. demanding

more than this machine can handle quickly enough ?   Stuck in a "Do Loop" ?

DoctorBill
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[Paul in Houston, TX]

DoctorBill wrote:

Paul in Houston, TX wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of 
"Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


How much ram do you have?
64 bit o/s?
This machine has 16GB ram and my web cache is set to Zero.
Don't need a cache with enough ram.
Also, try turning hardware acceleration on or off.
https://appuals.com/disable-hardware-acceleration-windows-7-8-8-1-10/



My system  3.10 GHz,  64 bit,  8 GB RAM.   250 GB SS HD,  18% (41,6 GB) 
free.


DoctorBill


The specs on your comp are quite good.  You really don't need much of a 
cache, or any cache. Something else is freezing up the cursor.

Try the hardware acceleration suggestion above.
Turn it off if on and on if off and see.
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

Paul in Houston, TX wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


How much ram do you have?
64 bit o/s?
This machine has 16GB ram and my web cache is set to Zero.
Don't need a cache with enough ram.
Also, try turning hardware acceleration on or off.
https://appuals.com/disable-hardware-acceleration-windows-7-8-8-1-10/



My system  3.10 GHz,  64 bit,  8 GB RAM.   250 GB SS HD,  18% (41,6 GB) 
free.


DoctorBill
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[Paul in Houston, TX]

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.

Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, 
too.


DoctorBill


How much ram do you have?
64 bit o/s?
This machine has 16GB ram and my web cache is set to Zero.
Don't need a cache with enough ram.
Also, try turning hardware acceleration on or off.
https://appuals.com/disable-hardware-acceleration-windows-7-8-8-1-10/

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[David E. Ross]

On 2/19/2021 1:10 PM, DoctorBill wrote:
> Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
> Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
> Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.
> 
> Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.
> 
> Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
> to 4 GB.Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
> Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
> Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
> transferring ?
> 
> So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?
> 
> Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
> graphics
> files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
> Paint.net and
> GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, too.
> 
> DoctorBill
> 

Caching Web pages was useful when the Internet and Web servers were
slow.  Pages could be fetched from your local cashe much more quickly
than downloaded from the Internet.

Now the Internet and servers are fast.  On top of that, many sites use
PHP or other such tools to generate their Web pages on the fly, making
the cache useless.  I set my cache size to 0.

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.

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[WaltS48]

DoctorBill wrote:

WaltS48 wrote:

On 2/19/21 4:18 PM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of 
"Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


I guess 4 GB Cache is irrelevant - it froze right after I saved the 
above Post !


DB


Try 100GB.



I only have ~40 GB freed up.   16% of my SSDrive's capacity.  That's IT...

DB


My Cache is also managed by SeaMonkey and is currently using 18 MB.

350 MB looks to be the default if I disable the preference.

I had the problem of the cursor freezing up with any program on my 
Fedora 33 when I first installed the operating system.


Went away after I installed my graphics card driver.
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

WaltS48 wrote:

On 2/19/21 4:18 PM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of 
"Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


I guess 4 GB Cache is irrelevant - it froze right after I saved the 
above Post !


DB


Try 100GB.



I only have ~40 GB freed up.   16% of my SSDrive's capacity.  That's IT...

DB
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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[WaltS48]

On 2/19/21 4:18 PM, DoctorBill wrote:

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a 
Thumbdrive.


Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse 
Cursor

Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer 
on, too.


DoctorBill


I guess 4 GB Cache is irrelevant - it froze right after I saved the 
above Post !


DB


Try 100GB.

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Re: Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

DoctorBill wrote:

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.

Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.    Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and
GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, 
too.


DoctorBill


I guess 4 GB Cache is irrelevant - it froze right after I saved the 
above Post !


DB
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Best size for SM Cache ?

[DoctorBill]

Been having problems with cursor Freezing up.  Total Lockup.
Have to kill compuker and restart.   I figured it was the amount of "Free
Space" on my hard drive, so I moved a lot of Picture Files to a Thumbdrive.

Of a 250 GB Solid State Drive I now have ~ 40 GB has been free'd up.

Also my Cache size was determined by SM.   So I SET the max Cache Size
to 4 GB.Huge, but I don't know what else to do to stop the Mouse Cursor
Freeze Ups.   HP Optical Mouse.  Windows 7 with 'Updates" turned OFF.
Virus and Trojan free (Malwarebytes).  Could I be going too fast 
transferring ?


So - is a possible of 4 GB of Cache Good ?

Any suggestions of why Cursor freezes up.  Usually when I am viewing 
graphics
files or about to save them.  Always happens when using SMand 
Paint.net and

GraphicsWorkShop Pro (Alchemy Mindworks).  Usually Windows Explorer on, too.

DoctorBill
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