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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:10:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Iwan Leonardus <iwanleo@usa.net>
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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Iwan Leonardus wrote:

> 1 How to adjust kernel memory parameter? Do I have to adjust something
> if I for example want the system to focus on running as server than as
> desktop, or if I want to add more virtual screen or running X faster,
> because I use as desktop than a server. Or how to reconfigure to make my
> system run faster if I add more memory from 16 to 40, and other stuff
> like that... 

Huh?  X windows configuration is through /etc/XF86Config and has nothing
to do with the kernel.  The whole machine will run faster if you add RAM
anyway, since it won't have to go to swap so soon.

> 2 Why when my man pages updated when I add new s/w while xman do not
> follow?

Check your MANPATH.

> 3 How to build locate database?

Allow the machine to stay on Friday night, or put this into a shell
script and run as root:

locdb=/var/db/locate.database
touch ${locdb}; chown nobody ${locdb}; chmod 644 ${locdb}
echo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb | nice -5 su -m nobody 2>&1 |\
        fgrep -v 'Permission denied'
chmod 444 ${locdb}

This was slashed from /etc/monthly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major