> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:49:19 +0930 > Subject: Re: Can one now help? > Tim: > If you have problems with swappiness being customised, then go back to > the original settings. > > If it causes you no problems, you may as well leave it there. I just > said that I saw no reason to use it, though I have seen people mention > problems with it. > > To remove something installed by yum, use the remove option. > > i.e. yum remove preload > > By the way, before doing "yum -y" anything, consider why you're doing > that. You're answering "yes" to anything ahead of being asked about it. > Normally, I'd suggest you're best not to use "-y", let yum start working > things out, then answer yes or no when it asks you whether to proceed. > That way you don't end up installing or removing a pile of things that > you don't really want to. Okay. and I really didn't know this. > For instance, in some cases there's a lot of dependencies on some > package. You might want to remove a package that you don't actually > use, but the dependencies will take out most of your desktop when you > remove that package. Or you might want to try out some package that you > heard about, but the install will drag in a few hundred megs of other > packages, too. If you answered "yes" ahead of time, you don't get a > chance to stop that. > > >> It suggests using tmpfs for /tmp and /var/tmp. I wouldn't suggest > >> that unless you do have RAM to spare. > > > > This can be simple deleted from the sysctl.conf file, I think. > > No, the mount options are set in the /etc/fstab file. So, I wd have to edit /etc/fstab -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
