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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2015-02-24 20:00, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Hi Israel,
> [inline]
> Best regards
> Nio
> 
> Den 2015-02-24 19:20, Israel skrev:
>> On 02/24/2015 11:21 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> Something is weird.
>>>
>>> I rebooted and
>>>
>>> 1. set the nm-applet via the menu,
>>>
>>> 2. then started it via the command line
>>>
>>> nm-applet  # do not use sudo
>>>
>>> and I got the icon at the right corner (even right of the Shutdown applet).
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>> Hi Nio, I am forwarding this to the dev list as well...
>>
>> Ok,
>> The fix for the nm-applet in the installed system is:
>> sudo pico /etc/network/interfaces
>>
>> *ever**thing* should be commented out EXCEPT
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> I did this in the first build... I just got busy and forgot it this
>> time.  There is a lot to remember.
>> I have an icon, and everything is working!  The next build will have
>> this for sure!
> 
> OK
> 
>> The other thing of note...
>> in partition-help  I think we should use
>> ram=$(free *-m*|grep "Mem:"|tr -s ' ' '\t'|cut -f 2)
>>
>> This lists RAM as MB
>> I think it would be helpful to list the options for swap, and the
>> reasons why.
>> To suspend we need twice the swap as RAM.  So we should note that.
>> However if we are not going to suspend, then
>> IF RAM >= 2 GIG
>> THEN
>> SWAP = RAM/2
>> ELSE
>> SWAP = RAM
>>
>> I know there are lots of theories about swap space, etc..
>> but for a laptop that wants to suspend we need double swap space as RAM,
>> right?
> 
> You need only slightly more than the RAM (in Gibibytes, base 2). It is a
> waste of drive space to have swap = 2 * RAM nowadays.
> 
>> This system is sooo light we probably only really need 512MB for swap...
>> for all circumstances (except heavy duty users with lots of RAM and lots
>> of things going on)
> 
> Yes, I think 512 MB RAM is enough in most situations, and we could add
> that to the recommendation (and allow for one more line in the xterm
> window).
> 
>>  let me know your thoughts on this... anyone else feel free to chime in
>> on the swap issue (or anything else)
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards
>>
>> -Israel
>> ToriOS Team
>>
> 

Hi again,

I looked at your 'partition-help' file

Good to add the current RAM (and make it clear that it should be
Mibibytes) and you should add a little to be safe for suspending - or I
think it is for hibernating.

Your text about MacOS is also relevant - Remember to add lines for the
xterm window (and check that it works without scrolling). Must it work
in netbook screens with 1000x600 pixels?

Who should make the final file? You or I?

Best regards
Nio