On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:59:42 -0400 Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps you could also recompile your kernel to be compressed (it's > in the config options), and thus use less memory. A compressed kernel will take up less space on the disk, but gets decompressed as it is loaded into memory, so it wont make YDL any leaner on RAM usage. It's likely that the kernel is already compressed anyway. If you do feel like going the recompiled kernel route, find out which actual modules you use and which ones you don't use, then compile them all directly into the kernel, there is quite a bit of overhead in loading things as modules. On the other hand, some modules prefer to remain as modules. Only do this sort of thing if you are comfortable with compiling your own kernel, the TSS developers went to a lot of trouble in setting up the kernel just right so that you don't have to, but they have no idea what each individual really needs, so they went with generic options sometimes. I believe the general tendency for the TSS developers is "modules are bad, M'kay", so you may find that you can't squeeze much out of the kernel. If you do stick to E17, pick backgrounds with no animation, based on small images, maybe even just a single pixel image stretched across the screen for a single coloured background. Unload any modules that you don't really need. Keep it down to one shelf. E17 has config options in the configuration panel (performance dialog from memory) that let you tell it to use less memory for caches and things. If you don't need nautilus, disable it. The same goes for any other package that was designed for GNOME or KDE, as they tend to drag large parts of GNOME and KDE in with them, thus negating the memory efficiency of light weight window managers like E17. Measure the effect of each thing you do with a good memory meter. Keep an eye out for false positives when things get pushed into swap. Sometimes things get pushed into swap just because they have not been used for a while, and they tend to just stay there. This is not using up any real RAM, but may give you a false idea of what caused any sudden drop in the amount of used memory.
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