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[zogs]

Hi
if you want fluxbox, idesk, irssi or other packages precompiled for your OepnBSD 4.0 in your zaurus
you can put your PKG_PATH in http://www5.autistici.org/c0de/obsd/pkg4.0/

here if you want a howto for setting some pkg_path for your pkg_add [simple howto for setting PKG_PATH]

sorry my english I'm drinking

[ZDevil]

@gen2: Are your packages compiled with optimization flags? In fact I find firefox and abiword in the feed take much longer time to start than under pdaX. Firefox takes 8 to 9 minutes to launch (!) and abiword takes a minute or two, while under pdaX it's 2 minute and a few seconds respectively.

[gen2]

@gen2: Are your packages compiled with optimization flags? In fact I find firefox and abiword in the feed take much longer time to start than under pdaX. Firefox takes 8 to 9 minutes to launch (!) and abiword takes a minute or two, while under pdaX it's 2 minute and a few seconds respectively. 

I used -mcpu=xscale (only) for the first 1/2 (or so) of it, then saw your post and added -pipe -mtune=xscale -O2 within a day or 2. Firefox and Abiword had already been done though. Is the difference in speed you're citing just the result of the additional flags, or also some other factors, I wonder?
Anecdotally I've heard pdaX is faster, especially regarding video, but never done any benchmarking here. I'd be happily surprised if the new flags were the only difference between 8 minute and 2 minute launch times for firefox.

FWIW, firefox opens here in 3:45, abiword in 48 seconds...siag 7 (!) seconds...siag is pretty cool, btw, if you haven't checked it out, it's got an abiword-like thing in there in addition to spreadsheets and other stuff.

[jpmatrix]

@gen2: Are your packages compiled with optimization flags? In fact I find firefox and abiword in the feed take much longer time to start than under pdaX. Firefox takes 8 to 9 minutes to launch (!) and abiword takes a minute or two, while under pdaX it's 2 minute and a few seconds respectively. 

IFWIW, firefox opens here in 3:45, abiword in 48 seconds...siag 7 (!) seconds...siag is pretty cool, btw, if you haven't checked it out, it's got an abiword-like thing in there in addition to spreadsheets and other stuff.

i reinstalled openbsd from scratch and haven't yet reinstalled firefox .. however i remember it was taking more 3 than 8 minutes to load... i'll try asap.

anyway, i've compiled pidgin (and dependances) with optimizations listed and it seems to work great!
uploading all that to my repository right now!

next to compile : scrot ! thanks

[mathemajikian]

anyway, i've compiled pidgin (and dependances) with optimizations listed and it seems to work great!
uploading all that to my repository right now!

Going to have to try out pidgin. This could be a replacement for the pork application I'm currently using:

Finch is the text-based version of Pidgin. It supports the same IM networks, but you can run it in a console window. You can use it on Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.

[jpmatrix]

anyway, i've compiled pidgin (and dependances) with optimizations listed and it seems to work great!
uploading all that to my repository right now!

Going to have to try out pidgin. This could be a replacement for the pork application I'm currently using:

Finch is the text-based version of Pidgin. It supports the same IM networks, but you can run it in a console window. You can use it on Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.

finch doesn't seem to be in the ports...