slow responding desktop.

[TJLYD]

after i installed azureus and downloaded a few files my desktop started responded extremely slow. All my applications are running at normal speed ( web browser, terminal ) but my desktop files are struggling to open.

[ppietro]

after i installed azureus and downloaded a few files my desktop started responded extremely slow. All my applications are running at normal speed ( web browser, terminal ) but my desktop files are struggling to open.

Yeah - that's usually what happens when you run azureus with the built-in Java, instead of IBM's Java. It's so bloated and huge that it's forcing other programs into your hard disc's swapfile memory - which makes your desktop respond extremely slow.

You can help this by enabling ps3vram swap.
http://us.fixstars.com/support/solution ... am-as-swap

Cheers,
Paul

[TJLYD]

Im little confused about STEP 6. All it says is enter "chmod 755 ps3-vram-swap" I tried typing that into the terminal and nothing happens. I'm I suppose to enter that as gedit or something. And if do have to enter the lines on STEP 7 in any particular place in the ps3-vram-swap file. The site is a little vague and I really dont want to sscrew anything up. SRY IM NEW

[ppietro]

Im little confused about STEP 6. All it says is enter "chmod 755 ps3-vram-swap" I tried typing that into the terminal and nothing happens. I'm I suppose to enter that as gedit or something. And if do have to enter the lines on STEP 7 in any particular place in the ps3-vram-swap file. The site is a little vague and I really dont want to sscrew anything up. SRY IM NEW

When you enter chmod 755 ps3-vram-swap nothing will happen. Instead, it fixes permissions. And - nope - you don't enter anything with gedit.

You open a terminal window, and type this, hitting ENTER after each line:

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su -
<enter_your_root_password>
cd /etc/init.d
wget http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/ps3-vram-swap
chmod 755 ps3-vram-swap
chkconfig --add ps3-vram-swap
chkconfig ps3-vram-swap on
service ps3-vram-swap start

then close your terminal window. That's it.

After you're done, you can open a terminal window, and type /sbin/swapon -s and you should see the output similar to the following:

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Filename         Type                 Size            Used            Priority   
/dev/ps3da3      partition            522104          12196            -1   
/dev/mtdblock0   partition            241656          0                 1

Cheers,
Paul

[TJLYD]

I've tried it eleven times and i still can,t get it. Im sure its a typo on my end so i just copied the whole damn terminal.

[TJL@PSC ~]$ su
Password:
[root@PSC TJL]# cd /etc/init.d
[root@PSC init.d]# wget http://us.fixstars.com/support/solution ... -vram-swap
--18:40:47-- http://us.fixstars.com/support/solution ... -vram-swap
Resolving us.fixstars.com... 66.7.161.3
Connecting to us.fixstars.com|66.7.161.3|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 781 [text/plain]
Saving to: `ps3-vram-swap.11'

100%[=======================================>] 781 --.-K/s in 0s

18:40:49 (28.6 MB/s) - `ps3-vram-swap.11' saved [781/781]
[root@PSC init.d]# chmod 755 ps3-vram-swap
[root@PSC init.d]# chkconfig --add ps3-vram-swap
bash: chkconfig: command not found
[root@PSC init.d]# chkconfig ps3-vram-swap on
bash: chkconfig: command not found
[root@PSC init.d]# service ps3-vram-swap start
bash: service: command not found

I really appreciate the help. I think i owe you at least a 24-pack by now.

[ppietro]

I've tried it eleven times and i still can,t get it. Im sure its a typo on my end so i just copied the whole damn terminal.

[TJL@PSC ~]$ su

I got it.

You're typing su. You need to type su - That's s u and a dash. Go back and look carefully at the previous posts - you'll see it there.

Cheers,
Paul

[TJLYD]

Thats funny. an hours worth of frustration solve by a simple dash. You're the man Paul

[juanito]

That's why I think it's better to put "su -l" - then everybody sees the "-"

[ppietro]

That's why I think it's better to put "su -l" - then everybody sees the "-"

Yeah - but then they don't know if it's an I (i) or an l (L) with our board fonts.

Cheers,
Paul