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Arch XFCE4
Hi,
I am trying 'preload' in an effort to speed up my wife's lamentably slow computer.
It makes no difference. Should I have something other than 'preload' in her Autostart?
Thanks
Last edited by addr (2010-03-25 00:41:21)
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Try sreadahead.
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Have you added preload to your Daemons array in /etc/rc.conf?
Last edited by loafer (2010-03-18 21:23:42)
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Thanks for the replies.
No I hadn't added it to the daemons only to openbox's autostart. I'll try that and also have a look at some-guy94's suggestion.
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Preload seems to do nothing at all.
I am trying readahead from the wiki and here is what I get from
ps ax | grep readahead
grep readahead
646 ? Ss 0:02 /usr/sbin/readahead-watch -o /etc/readahead/boot
3449 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep readahead
the next instruction is
# kill PID_GOES_HERE
What does that mean? Anything I try gives me errors.
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The pid is the first number, 646 in that output (will most likely change on a reboot), also make sure you kill it as root.
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Thankyou for your help.
I have left 'preload' alone although I see no difference.
'Readahead' made no noticeable difference either but runs my CPU at 100% for entire sessions. This can't be right.
I have removed it.
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