Re: [gentoo-user] My box freezee sometimes

99% of people with this issue have a cheap, insufficient power supply. Fernando Antunes wrote: > Hi, my Pentium 4 box freeze suddenly sometimes. Reboot is a only solution. > I can try to figure out for a especific use or especific application > to associate, but no success. > I suspect this is a h

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

Such a scenario could be your your arms and legs falling off... > On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 01:20:12PM -0600, kashani wrote: > >> The last top posting/html thread was 3 weeks ago... so yes it's time >>for another "Keep Gentoo leet" thread. Gentoo isn't about pain, it's >>about getting work d

Re: [gentoo-user] top - 99.9% wa? What's 'wa'?

DMA is essentially the AVOIDANCE of using the CPU for I/O. The CPU makes a few calls to the chipset (in the case of ATA DMA), and the rest happens around the processor, not threw it. Jason > > It's described in the vmstat man page. You're supposed to be clairvoyant > about > these things and k