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Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Thanks so far guys. The only thing I couldn't change was nr.3 on the list. I'll live with it tongue (tried adding that to the rc.xml file, nothing changed)

Oh well, but thanks guys!

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

-Don't know what I should change in the rc.xml file.

-The adblocker problem is solved.

-I'll try removing the user configs and reinstall. EDIT: Didn't work, removing package, reinstalling after...

EDIT...: Tried removing everything, apparently did. Reinstalled and it has the default settings.

Only thing left now is:

3- How do I make it look more like Chromium? :
Midori:
See that bit "About - CrunchBang"? That doesn't show up in Chromium (it used to, but I disabled it. Unchecked "Use system title bar and borders")
It takes a bit more of the screen, and this is already a small screen
Chromium:
Is there a theme that makes Midori look more like that?

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Hey, I installed Midori and need some help:

1- How can I revert Midori back to its default settings? (I tried re-installing but the changes I made before are still there)

2- I turned the adblocker on, and videos on youtube display "Missing plug-in", the video doesn't play. What can I do?

3- How do I make it look more like Chromium? :

Midori:

See that bit "About - CrunchBang"? That doesn't show up in Chromium (it used to, but I disabled it. Unchecked "Use system title bar and borders")
It takes a bit more of the screen, and this is already a small screen big_smile

Chromium:

Is there a theme that makes Midori look more like that?

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

theuser wrote:

i new to crunch bang and i like it alot but i need some help from a banger
so im looking for a news reader that will on crunch bang or how i can git agent to work

I think you should make a new thread, I don't think anyone looks at this one anymore hmm

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Thanks for your suggestions so far, but I can't do anything. I've now noticed that some changes I did before weren't even implemented.

There's always this error message (the one I posted previously) and I can't edit anything, and this is after I open stuff as "root".
Oh man this is so frustrating, but I'm insisting because #! isn't running that good, but not bad either. I think it just needs a little push.

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

iann wrote:

Try not to swap, put things like /tmp into a tmpfs, etc. (...) try the various compressed memory utilities, reduce swappiness, etc.

I don't know how to do that, I even looked at a guide but it's just too much for an inexperienced user like me...

I tried changing the file "swappiness", from 60 to 0, but when I try saving it (even after opening the file as root) it gives an error message:

Error saving file. 

Error writing to file: Invalid argument

The file on disk may now be truncated!

And the guide I took a peak at was this one: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. … 18#p121718
I'm running Waldorf but some stuff are applicable right?

I think this will be the last thing I'll ask for help regarding optimizing #!
If this doesn't work I think there's nothing else to.

Can you guys help me with these issues (and following a guide )?

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

^ Got it, thanks Ozitraveller!

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

What if I installed #! on a micro SD card, would it run faster? (Than this USB 2.0)

And could it be possible for #! to read only (like in "live mode"), and only write on demand or after an install/shutting down?

wow

very questions

such noob

many gratefullness

wow

Sorry guys ops

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

damo wrote:

Did you restart?

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No... Gonna restart now and post the results xD

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Edit:

Wow, it was much worse. I changed stuff back to the way they were (fstab and dirty_writeback_centisecs).

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Thanks damo, did that. Didn't notice much improvement hmm

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Joe90 wrote:

You could also try this (to increase writeback time)
1. Open terminal
2. Type: "echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs" (without quotes) and press Enter

Sync and noatime don't do much, and echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs doesn't work (permission denied), I may have to run the terminal as root but I don't know how either xD

Btw, thanks again everyone. Nice and patient community lol

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

pvsage wrote:

If you didn't already set your thumb drive to noatime,relatime at install time, you can add this to your /etc/inittab for a marginal improvement in performance. What this does is it keeps the system from writing timestamps every single time a file is touched.

I don't know how to do that tongue
What would I change in the file?

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

snowpine wrote:

When you install to a USB thumb drive (instead of a fast internal hard drive or SSD) you are hamstringing your performance.
Running in "live" mode is read-only, so drive speed is less of an issue.

Oh, ok then. Bummer hmm

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Thanks for the answers so far guys! (it is a weird machine indeed lol )

I had opened Synaptic before, but didn't find the installed packages. I got it now, it's under "Status". This was easier on Puppy Linux lol
I'll also try doing what machinebacon said.

And btw, when I ran this in Live before I installed, it ran smoothly, could it be because it just loaded the essentials? (remember, I'm a noob so... yeah)

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Ozitraveller wrote:

Could you give us the make and model of your netbook? It's doesn't have a hard disk, it must have a 4gb sd card then?

It's a Magalhães lol

There was a hard drive, but it broke and I "rescued" it with Puppy Linux, and now Crunchbang. It does have an SD card port but I'm running the OS off of a USB stick (4GB).

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Hey guys!

I just installed Crunchbang a while ago, and I have some questions...

1- I'm running this from a USB because this laptop doesn't have a hard drive. It has 1 GB of RAM and an Intel Atom.
#! is a bit sluggish as you'd expect, but when I ran it as a Live USB (I'm a noob, if this isn't the term... whopsies) it ran smoothly.
What can I do to improve the performance?

2- I don't have much space available (2.41GB used out of 3.55GB), I'd like to remove the programs I won't need.
How can I see the packages I have installed? (And to remove them, is there a way without cranking up the terminal? I'm a noob sad )

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Thanks!

I'm a nuub indeed big_smile
I tried installing in the same USB I was booting from. I'll try again later and post the results.
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Edit:

Yup, it's now persistent. Thanks again!

Rhesus · Help & Support (Stable)

Hey guys!

The laptop I'm using doesn't have a hard drive, so I've been running Puppy Linux on it (from USB) (it was my first Linux experience, I'm still a huge nuub).
Anyway, I need some programs that aren't compatible with Puppy so I decided I wanted to try Crunchbang.

Persistence is nice but I can't have it sad

When I boot up from the USB I get 3 options: Live, Install and Memory Test(?)
I go into the Install menu, following this guide: http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19276
The problem is when I try to partition, instead of Step 16 (from that guide) I get a message "The ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI.... failed"

The USB is 4GB btw.

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#1 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Help with Midori? » 2014-02-23 03:55:54

#2 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Help with Midori? » 2014-02-20 22:12:10

#3 Help & Support (Stable) » Help with Midori? » 2014-02-20 21:43:34

#4 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-16 19:23:43

#5 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-12 20:59:01

#6 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-10 19:17:53

#7 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-10 10:49:56

#8 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 22:41:43

#9 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 17:58:57

#10 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 17:48:21

#11 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 17:19:19

#12 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 16:15:28

#13 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 15:30:20

#14 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 13:47:24

#15 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 05:10:17

#16 Help & Support (Stable) » Improving #!'s performance and... Hey, what are my packages? » 2014-02-09 04:07:20

#17 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » The struggle for a persistent Live USB » 2014-02-08 20:52:11

#18 Help & Support (Stable) » The struggle for a persistent Live USB » 2014-02-08 20:34:45

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