On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 07:02:23PM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > Once upon a time Rob Weir wrote @ Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:51:07 +1000 > > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 03:31:14AM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > > > Hi all, I recently compiled kernel 2.4.20 with all those patches > > > floating around, I was wondering if any of them will be of any > > > usefulness to me ? "low latency, preemptible kernel, desktop > > > optimization, ..........." ? I'm mainly using my PC for: > > > programming "C & perl+MySQL (CGI)", mp3s "mpg123 and rarely xmms" > > > net browsing -> phoenix mail -> fetchmail/procmail/exim/sylpheed > > > > > > on a cyrix 190 w 92 MB RAM ;) I'm using pekwm+hpanel+some little > > > dock apps i've developed! > > > > > > Can anyone please give me some suggestions ? > > > > Con Kolivas's -ck patchset seems to be popular...just don't use > > 2.4.20-ck5, it has some serious issues. -ck4 and -ck6 seem to be > > OK, though. > > > Thanks for replying, No i understand the ck5 was just the one i've > used a few days before, and found a terrible degradation in the system > performance "perhaps not the reason" ;) Heh, I gave it a go to see how bad it was, and it was *horrible*. I managed to start up and even get into gnome, but doing anything took forever. Logging out was utterly impossible. > I'll try with ck4 or 6, Many thanks. They've worked very nicely here. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> http://www.ertius.org/ GPG keys: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: crypto anarchy blackjack attack arrangements War Crimes
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