Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:55:11 +0300 (IDT) Scharf Yuval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | What is "metallic paint mod"? http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/articles.hwz?cid=2&aid=393&page=1 A great way to trash two CPUs in an attempt to save small amounts of money. But if you don't want stability or a

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Scharf Yuval
What is "metallic paint mod"? Yuval Scharf On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Dan McCombs wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:13, Tom Wesley wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 20:39, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: > > > Thought about modding some XP's but didn't feel brave enough, metallic > > > paint would make

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Dan McCombs
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:13, Tom Wesley wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 20:39, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: > > Thought about modding some XP's but didn't feel brave enough, metallic > > paint would make it tricky to RMA them should I need to. > > > > Very happy with it actually, makes for a kickin

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Tom Wesley
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 20:39, Rick [Kitty5] wrote: > Joe Stone wrote: > > I have a dual celeron and it works. > > Some packages will only compile on one CPU (then the -j3 is replaced > > by -j1 in the ebuild MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1") > > I remember some kde-packages which do this: arts, k

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Joe Stone wrote: > I have a dual celeron and it works. > Some packages will only compile on one CPU (then the -j3 is replaced > by -j1 in the ebuild MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1") > I remember some kde-packages which do this: arts, kdelibs :-( and so > on well i only noticed it last night while insta

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Joe Stone
Hi ! I have a dual celeron and it works. Some packages will only compile on one CPU (then the -j3 is replaced by -j1 in the ebuild MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1") I remember some kde-packages which do this: arts, kdelibs :-( and so on Do you have your "1-CPU problem" with every package? I don't kn

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Rick [Kitty5] wrote: Andrew Gaffney wrote: Rick [Kitty5] wrote: Got a dual athlon machine with a SMP kernel and have MAKEOPTS="-j 3" in my make.conf Get rid of the space. Make is MAKEOPTS="-j3" Thats how I had it before I noticed it wasnt using both CPU's at the same time, so I put a space in (

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Rick [Kitty5] wrote: >> Got a dual athlon machine with a SMP kernel and have MAKEOPTS="-j 3" >> in my make.conf > > Get rid of the space. Make is MAKEOPTS="-j3" Thats how I had it before I noticed it wasnt using both CPU's at the same time, so I put a space in (to no effect

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Rick [Kitty5] wrote: Got a dual athlon machine with a SMP kernel and have MAKEOPTS="-j 3" in my make.conf Get rid of the space. Make is MAKEOPTS="-j3" -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Compiling on SMP machine?

2003-09-24 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
Got a dual athlon machine with a SMP kernel and have MAKEOPTS="-j 3" in my make.conf when I emerge something and the source is compiling I am only ever using 100% of a single CPU while the other sits idle. If I have the ksim CPU usage meters running while its cooking you can watch the load being s