Hi! I have few questions here:
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1. I had used OSS drivers, then I have recompiled kernel, so I don't need them any more, I want to remove evreything related to OSS. I wanted to lookup 'removal' in ./oss-install, but at first it ask to make lots of changes, that I don't need (IMO). So maybe someone can remeber what files libraries to remove?
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2.How can I improve 'inetd' superserver startup speed? Will recompile help?
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3. Correct me please (if I'm wrong): When had winbloze, I think that my Linux worked much faster. is this some sort of illusion or its true?
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4. Sometimes, when I boot up, 'reiserfs transaction log' begins? Is it some scheduled check? I know it starts when PC was turned off in unnormal way ( I mean the power was cut off)
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5. I never used 'cron' and 'at' features. I think I don't need them. I want to turn them of, but I am wondering, maybe system uses them. If not, I will turn 'em off.
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6. Why 'End' button doesn't work in 'xterm'. ( I have read practically all manuals on 'readline', and found alot of useful info, but not on this topic)
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7. When I have recompiled my kernel, I excluded a lot of unused things ( modules was 17MB, became 415KB), and I thought my sys performance will increase alot, but that wasn't so. Why kernel programmers, don't include some features like optimization for your PC (all things './configure' does). Or I just missed smth?
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8. Why ALSA architecture is not implemented in Slack?
Or I'm wrong?

That should be everything for now.......
I guess someone could answer to some question. Just write 1. - and some answer.
I would be very glad to hear some ideas

4. reiserfs is a journaling filesystem, so it writes logs during use. With these logs it can ensure that the filesystem is in a consistent state. So if you do not umount the fs, you have inconsistencies which are repaired with help of the logs (that does not ensure no data loss but the integrity of the fs).

7. The modules will be loaded if they are needed. So drivers for hardware you don't have will never be loaded, they just waiste space. Its something else with drivers directly compiled into the kernel, there may be a speedup if you strip these down to the minimum needed.
Optimization: They do. One of the first options is the processor family you want to compile the kernel for. And then, there is the makefile where you can give additional options to the compiler.

Yuo mean I need to edit Makefile by myself?

3. You are wrong...

Do you mean startup itself, or configuring a program, or your hd performance, or what?

Anyway, none of them should be acting ANY differently with or without winbloze.

Cool

Well, normally you don't edit the kernel makefiles (except for the extraversion). But if you want to have some specific compile options, you may need to set them by hand in the makefile (that means, add them to the right variable).

3. I mean speed. It seems that programs start not so fast

3. Then, no, I still don't think there would be any performance changes in apps starting whether or not you had winbloze on your box.

Cool

3. Seems my seagate ST320410A slows everything...

Is that an IDE hard drive or SCSI?

Have you applied the hdparm "additions" to it, and do you run them in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local script?

Cool

Oh and 1. Not quite sure what you mean, but in the directory where you ./configure OSS, did you try:
make uninstall
?

How things going for ya anyway buddy, don't hear from you as often as we used to, been busy?

Cool

In your /etc/rc.d/

3. I have IDE hard drive, and I haven't applied any "hdparm" options unfortunately...
1. OSS are not open-source ( just some libs and file ./oss-install)

Everything is going smoothly, as always, but I am still in school, BTW I have exams this year, so I have to work . Thanks God I will have holydays in one month - it'll b 2.5 weeks. cool

that's it Chad

3. well I have found out that this option optimizes Hd alot
hdparm -c1 -d1 /dev/hda
well I couldn't say i have seen great progress, because hdparm -tT showed similar results. Thought i still want to put such lines in rc.local. But I heard that it can crush my system? Is that true?

one more question:
8. How can simple user turn off PC. Or he can't?