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harry@biker:~ $ inxi -zv7 System: Host: biker Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 dm: slim Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017 Machine: Device: desktop System: GATEWAY product: W3507 v: 500 serial: N/A Mobo: Intel model: D102GGC2 v: AAD70214-201 serial: N/A BIOS: Intel v: GC11020M.15A.2010.2006.0817.0956 date: 08/17/2006 CPU: Single core Intel Celeron D (-UP-) arch: Netburst Prescott rev.4 cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6402 speed: 3200 MHz (max) Memory: Using dmidecode: root required for dmidecode Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:5a61 Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@85.00hz OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes Audio: Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:437b Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Card-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter driver: r8712u usb-ID: 001-004 chip-ID: 0bda:8172 IF: wlx000f13651532 state: N/A mac: N/A WAN IP: <filter> IF: wlx000f13651532 ip-v4: <filter> ip-v6-link: <filter> IF: eth0 ip-v4: N/A ip-v6-link: N/A Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (4.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3120213A size: 120.0GB serial: <filter> Optical-1: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H21N rev: 1.00 dev-links: cdrom Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.1G used: 3.2G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 label: rootantiX uuid: f24d6c06-3863-431a-8847-3c885138da54 ID-2: /home size: 31G used: 100M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 label: homeantiX uuid: f5fc9e9e-2b64-4838-adec-616da3cecf2b ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 label: N/A uuid: a55f5477-b77d-4e07-b34a-d0260ad85959 RAID: No RAID data: /proc/mdstat missing-is md_mod kernel module loaded? Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda4 size: 74.92G label: /data1 uuid: 284c1657-3c0b-484c-ad41-a90908a993fd Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured? Info: Processes: 155 Uptime: 31 min Memory: 577.3/1874.7MB Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121 running in lxterminal) inxi: 2.3.53 harry@biker:~ $ sudo parted -l [sudo] password for harry: Model: ATA ST3120213A (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 120GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 9902MB 9901MB primary ext4 boot 3 9902MB 42.9GB 33.0GB primary ext4 4 42.9GB 118GB 74.9GB primary ext4 2 118GB 120GB 2174MB primary linux-swap(v1) harry@biker:~ $ sudo blkid /dev/sda1: LABEL="rootantiX" UUID="f24d6c06-3863-431a-8847-3c885138da54" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000bda1f-01" /dev/sda2: UUID="a55f5477-b77d-4e07-b34a-d0260ad85959" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="000bda1f-02" /dev/sda3: LABEL="homeantiX" UUID="f5fc9e9e-2b64-4838-adec-616da3cecf2b" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000bda1f-03" /dev/sda4: LABEL="/data1" UUID="284c1657-3c0b-484c-ad41-a90908a993fd" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000bda1f-04"Wireless name being weird again. I expect it to settle down after shutdown and reboot tomorrow.
eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 <snip> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 <snip> wlx000f13651532: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500Install is done. Dist-Upgrade below for those that care. This is just the beginning. I will be testing media reader later on. That is all for today. At least wireless works excellent. 100% signal strength at 150MB per second speed. I won’t be touching conky till things settle down. I made that mistake on my netbook install and had to change things back around to wlan0 after wireless name settled down. So far so good.
Edit: side note. This computer was pulled out of a dumpster. It was infested with malware and viruses in Windows and was a throw away. It is now my shop playtoy and media center.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by rokytnji.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsIn reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
SamK
Have we finished with it? Is this a nice swapspace?
That report shows everything is working as expected. So yes, we have finished.
You have 2 swapspaces, on both the P4 and Celeron. On each machine, 1 is disk based, 1 is RAM based. Both disk swapspace (/dev/sda2) and the RAM swapspace (/dev/zram0) are made available automatically as part of the boot process, so you do not need to do anything manually.
Now you can go and explore what degree of benefit you get, which is largely dependent on the capability of your kit, the software you run and the tasks you use the software for. It is different for every user because everyone has different hardware, working patterns, and habits.
A couple of links that might be helpful to you:
Tips for Improving Performance on Ancient Kit
ZRAM Misconceptions and DoubtsIn the longer term future you might want to think about whether the disk swapspace partition suits your needs e.g. does it use too much of your overall disk space? It is possible to use a swap file instead of a swap partition but there are lots of things to think about before going along that route. So these type of ideas are for another time and place.
In reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
andfree
After rebooting the P4 system, without starting the zram swapspace manually:
xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo swapon --summary [sudo] password for xxx: Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda2 partition 2120576 0 -1 /dev/zram0 partition 237872 0 100 xxx@antix1:~ $Have we finished with it? Is this a nice swapspace?
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rokytnji
Since media reader posts are being posted in the forum. I figured I would show my sd card reader slot on this net book working.
harry@biker:~ $ sudo parted -l [sudo] password for harry: Model: ATA KingSpec KSD-ZF1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 63.3GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 10.5GB 10.5GB primary ext4 3 10.5GB 60.8GB 50.3GB primary ext4 2 60.8GB 63.3GB 2517MB primary linux-swap(v1) Model: Generic- Multi-Card (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 3957MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 3957MB 3956MB primary fat32 harry@biker:~ $ sudo dmesg | tail [ 36.138573] wlan0: authenticate with e8:6f:f2:07:61:02 [ 36.190678] wlan0: send auth to e8:6f:f2:07:61:02 (try 1/3) [ 36.213629] wlan0: authenticated [ 36.214202] wlan0: associate with e8:6f:f2:07:61:02 (try 1/3) [ 36.217460] wlan0: RX AssocResp from e8:6f:f2:07:61:02 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3) [ 36.224916] wlan0: associated [ 36.224959] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [ 239.336170] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7729152 512-byte logical blocks: (3.96 GB/3.69 GiB) [ 239.344156] sdb: sdb1 [ 240.261278] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck. harry@biker:~ $The volume not unmounted properly message is from me re-seating the sd flash drive out of my camera into the net book slot. 1st time. It did not registrar as plugged in. According to unplug removable device icon in the icewm taskbar. Hardware snafu of some sort probably. I am gonna ignore the fsck warning.
Anyways. It automounted fine the 2nd time.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsIn reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
So with my version of the zram script installed you have working zram swapspaces on both the P4 and Celeron when you start the swapspaces manually.
Now you just need to confirm the zram swapspace is automatically available after a reboot i.e. without starting it manually.
Explanation:
The default action of zram is to set up a swapspace per CPU e.g. 4 swapspaces for a quad core, 1 swapspace for a single core, etc.The version of the zram script shipped in the ISO does not hounour the zram default action. It sets up 1 fewer swapspaces than the number of CPUs i.e. 3 for a quad core. That is a problem when the system has only a single CPU.
My version of the zram script honours the zram default action. It sets up 1 swapspace per CPU for single and multiple CPU systems e.g. 4 swapspaces for a quad core, 1 swapspace for a single core, etc.
In reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
And now, about the celeron laptop:
yyy@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram zram 17197 0 lz4_compress 2606 1 zram yyy@antix1:~ $ swapon --show NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/sda2 partition 2G 0B -1 yyy@antix1:~ $ sudo swapoff --all [sudo] password for yyy: yyy@antix1:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/zram stop yyy@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram yyy@antix1:~ $ swapon --show yyy@antix1:~ $ sudo rm /etc/init.d/zram yyy@antix1:~ $ sudo cp zram /etc/init.d/zram yyy@antix1:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/zram start Loading zram kernel module succeeded Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 28448 KiB LABEL=SWAP_ZRAM0, UUID=6ea6a8fc-1106-4234-a41a-08e9ff63fbfd yyy@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram zram 17197 1 lz4_compress 2606 1 zram yyy@antix1:~ $ swapon --show NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/zram0 partition 27.8M 0B 100 yyy@antix1:~ $In reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
Now, about the P4 laptop:
A zram0 file already exists in the /dev directory, too.
xxx@antix1:~ $ nproc --all 1 xxx@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram zram 12902 0 lz4_compress 2442 1 zram xxx@antix1:~ $ swapon --show NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/sda2 partition 2G 0B -1 xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo swapoff --all xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/zram stop xxx@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram xxx@antix1:~ $ swapon --show xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo rm /etc/init.d/zram xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo cp zram /etc/init.d/zram xxx@antix1:~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/zram start Loading zram kernel module succeeded Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 148568 KiB LABEL=SWAP_ZRAM0, UUID=9a557970-a8a9-4b47-bec7-9a504a5228fe xxx@antix1:~ $ lsmod | grep zram zram 12902 1 lz4_compress 2442 1 zram xxx@antix1:~ $ swapon --show NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO /dev/zram0 partition 145.1M 0B 100 xxx@antix1:~ $About the celeron laptop, later.
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It might be worth trying the attached zram file to replace the one that ships in antiX. I wrote it some years back to use instead of the one in the antiX ISO, which sets up an incorrect number of zram swapspaces. It is used on the Celeron system here (and others).
Before testing
Verify the status of zram lsmod | grep zram Identify running swapspaces swapon --show Turn off all swapspaces sudo swapoff --all Stop zram sudo /etc/init.d/zram stop Verify the status of zram lsmod | grep zram expected to return nothing Identify running swapspaces swapon --show expected to return nothingTo test
(Re)move /etc/init.d/zram to get it out of the wayExtract the replacement file from the zip file
Copy the extracted file to /etc/init.d/zram
Ownership: root:root
Permissions: rwxr-xr-xStart zram sudo /etc/init.d/zram start expected to return "Loading zram kernel module succeeded" + list of zram swapspaces created. Verify the status of zram lsmod | grep zram expected to return zram module details Identify running swapspaces swapon --show expected to return list of zram devices and detailsIn reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
After starting manually, and receiving the message “zram devices probed successfully“, is the file /dev/zram0 present?
I’ll see tomorrow, when I’ll be at the toshiba laptop. Now, about the compaq laptop:
$ inxi -Fxz System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.9.3 Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 Distro: antiX-16_386-full Berta Cáceres 26 June 2016 Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: Presario 2100 v: KE.M1.54 serial: N/A Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 002A v: NS570 Version PQ1A74 serial: N/A BIOS: Phoenix v: KE.M1.54 date: 12/17/20022 CPU: Single core Mobile Intel Celeron (-UP-) arch: Netburst Willamette rev.7 cache: 256 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 3189 speed: 1594 MHz (max) Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS200M [Radeon IGP 330M/340M/345M/350M] bus-ID: 01:05.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits) version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Render: Yes Audio: Card ULi M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device driver: snd_ali5451 port: 1000 bus-ID: 00:06.0 Sound: ALSA v: k4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp Network: Card-1: National DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller driver: natsemi port: 2400 bus-ID: 00:12.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Card-2: Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 802.11n [Atheros AR9170] driver: carl9170 usb-ID: 001-002 IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A Drives: HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (41.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK6025GA size: 60.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 53G used: 22G (43%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 131 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 139.1/488.4MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.43$ sudo /etc/init.d/zram start zram devices probed successfully$ ls -1lh --recursive /etc/*/*zram -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.8K Dec 18 08:44 /etc/init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc0.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc1.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc2.d/S01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc3.d/S01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc4.d/S01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc5.d/S01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 08:44 /etc/rc6.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zram$ zgrep ZRAM /boot/config-4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp CONFIG_ZRAM=m CONFIG_ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS=y$ lsmod | grep zram zram 17197 0 lz4_compress 2606 1 zram$ sudo swapon --summary Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda2 partition 2128608 0 -1A zram0 file exists in the /dev directory. What about these results?
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In reply to: Swap & zram to improve performance
I cannot reproduce your results. The outcome of copying and pasting the commands from your post work OK here using the shipped zram file, as shown below.
Booted live on a system that has no swap space.
sudo swapon --summary nothing returnedCopy and setup zram in init.d.
sudo cp /usr/local/bin/zram /etc/init.d/zram nothing returned sudo update-rc.d zram defaults nothing returnedzram started via manual command to simulate reboot.
sudo /etc/init.d/zram start zram devices probed successfully Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blah Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blahblah Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blahblahblah.Verify zram swapspaces are available.
sudo swapon --summary Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/zram1 partition 208896 0 100 /dev/zram2 partition 208896 0 100 /dev/zram3 partition 208896 0 100After a shutdown and cold boot.
Reported during boot-up text phase.... zram devices probed successfully Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blah Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blahblah Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 204 MiB (213909504 bytes) no label, UUID=blahblahblah. ...After completion of boot-up.
sudo swapon --summary Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/zram1 partition 208896 0 100 /dev/zram2 partition 208896 0 100 /dev/zram3 partition 208896 0 100So my results show zram swapspaces can be activated manually, and automatically during boot-up.
Things to look at…
Try to start zram manuallyIf starting manually works, check the update-rc.d command created the appropriate links.
ls -1lh --recursive /etc/*/*zram -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.8K Dec 18 13:45 /etc/init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc0.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc1.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc2.d/S02zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc3.d/S02zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc4.d/S02zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc5.d/S02zram -> ../init.d/zram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 18 13:46 /etc/rc6.d/K01zram -> ../init.d/zramIf starting manually fails, check that zram is configured in your version of the kernel.This is what is returned for the kernel used here.
zgrep ZRAM /boot/config-4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp CONFIG_ZRAM=mI’m trying to follow this tip:
- Use one or more swap areas. Combining a disk based swap with a zram one can produce a worthwhile increase in performance. Additionally, adjusting the way in swap space is used can make a difference to the system responsiveness. This post might be a starting point: ZRAM Swap Activation
I ran these commands:
sudo cp /usr/local/bin/zram /etc/init.d/zram sudo update-rc.d zram defaultsI rebooted and:
$ lsmod | grep zram zram 12902 0 lz4_compress 2442 1 zram$ sudo swapon --summary Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda2 partition 2120576 0 -1And now, what?
$ inxi -Fxz System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.0.5-antix.3-486-smp i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.9.3 Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 Distro: antiX-15.1_386-full Killah P 18 February 2016 Machine: Device: laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite 2450 v: PS245E-03TE0-GK serial: N/A Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0 serial: N/A BIOS: TOSHIBA v: Version 1.30 date: 03/20/2003 CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-UP-) arch: Netburst Willamette rev.7 cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5586 speed: 2793 MHz (max) Graphics: Card: NVIDIA NV17M [GeForce4 420 Go] bus-ID: 01:00.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI nv17 x86/MMX/SSE2 version: 1.2 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Render: Yes Audio: Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: be00 bdc0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.5-antix.3-486-smp Network: Card: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: ce00 bus-ID: 02:09.0 IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: HDD Total Size: 100.0GB (81.7% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1032GA size: 100.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 90G used: 75G (88%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 106 Uptime: 29 min Memory: 309.6/1005.2MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.43In reply to: ZRAM Swap Activation
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v— paraphrased instructions found in 2012 oldforums topic
To have zRam start at bootup:
• cp /usr/local/bin/zram /etc/init.d/zram
• ensure owner and group are root:root
• ensure permissions are rwxr-xr-x
• run the command update-rc.d zram defaults
• reboot the systemTo check that it has loaded, look at the size of the swap reported by conky (if you use conky). Alternatively, a command such as blkid -o list should list a /dev/zram0 mounted as swap
Yes, the vm.swappiness default value was discussed/voted/lobbied during betatesting.
I’ll agree that it merits its own dedicated forum topic
(and cherrypick the highlights + referenceces/links toward creating a “Documentation” or “Tips-n-Tricks” topic)Përhaps does the WM rely on an external executable to grab that “MEMStatus”
AFAICT, it does not rely on any external executable
but your comment led me to look here: whereall is MEMStatus referenced within the icewm code?
and a quick read suggests (to me) that a malformed declaration within an icewm .theme file might cause icewm to ignore one or more widgets (including the memstatblahblah widget).[…] might be accidentally missing for aX-16
maybe not (probably not) missing…. but different (customized, and perhaps a typo slipped in)
~~ perhaps a typo exists within one of (or several, or all of) the icewm .theme files shipped in antiX16.If you’re inclined to test that possibility, you can inspect the content of icewm “.theme” files, as shipped in debian jessie package
or visit https://packages.debian.org/jessie/icewm and download the whole sourcecode tarball, extract, and…
(“diff” compare against the content of your existing antiX16 icewm .theme files)^— I’m just “thinking aloud, following a train of thought” here. I’m actually not encouraging you to “do all that”.
Hey, (ding! lightbulb) — maybe only one (or at least not all) of the antiX16 .theme files is affected.
The “solution” (and reasonable troubleshooting step) might be as simple as selecting a different theme.Ninho
@Skidoo :
collecting notes toward creating a “frequently observed pitfalls” Hints-n-Tips topic
Regarding pitfalls, might be interesting to review/discuss the nonstandard and rather extravagant looking value for vm.swappiness=1 adopted by antiX – at least in -16 Berta Caceres.
Was this choice discussed ? Of course it doesn’t matter if running from CD live (where, I believe, no swap at all is used by default anyway), but it might hurt once a swap file or partition is in place, on systems with little RAM, by all-but preventing the swap to play its role. Or am I mistaken ?
On my own systems with swapping I have reset the “swappiness” value to 60.In reply to: Add memory usage indication on Desktop bar (icewm)
@Caprea: thanks ! But I’m already set-up with a fresh, 800 megabyte swapfile.
I have been closely following that other good paper (from the horse’s mouth):https://www.linux.com/news/all-about-linux-swap-space
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