Thank you for your reply - the whatever driver providing the video RAM is active by default (on second thought I did not verify /proc/memory but last time I installed it was) but KDE4 on Playstation 3 aaahhh The desktop alone runs fine, but as soon as it hits swap you go for coffee - bear also in mind it is a 4200rpm laptop disc (and rumor has it, that if you upgrade it to a really good disc, the PS3 overheats). I followed these guides http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/libraryview.jsp?end_no=100&lcl_sort_order=asc&type_by=Articles&sort_order=asc&show_all=false&sort_by=Relevance&search_by=linux+development+on+the+playstation+3&topic_by=All+topics+and+related+products&search_flag=true&show_abstract=true and - now i can't find it a guy actually went through all the daemons visible in yast, and explained what they did, and which could be disabled. Sorry cannot find he article. Even with this, you start firefox, and some Yast module, then hit swap, and coffee again. On my work laptop, I have OpenSUSE 11.1 with KDE 4.13 and it works really nice. And I must admit that Xfce on PS3 brings back some responsiveness on the PS3 - only my latest-itis is calling for 4.6 :-) Thomas
On 3/4/2009 at 4:22 AM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Thomas Nielsen <thnielsen@novell.com> wrote:
Yesterday, I finally gave up on kde4.1 on PS3, I just can't squeeze enough memory out for both KDE, and at least 2 running programs (not lack of googling for services to kill :-).
Are you using the kernel gpu/swap driver (or whatever it's called)? If so, you should be able to get that 240MB of VRAM for superfast swap. On my Thinkpad A22p(P3/1Ghz) with 256MB RAM, I have 11.0 and KDE3 installed and it runs just fine. KDE4 is supposed to be better on resources than KDE3, so not sure where you are having the problem. Make sure you remove stuff like beagle to help improve performance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org