Am I wasting my time with from source compiles?

Greetings all,
I have a question, and it may be silly. I'm a gamer but not a hardcore "zOMG I needZ moRe powAh tHan I actUAlly n33d!" type.
I've used Gentoo from 2002 - 2006.
I started using Arch Linux in fall of 2006 and have used it since.
Couple days ago I "upgraded" from my AMD 64 x2 - 2Ghz system, to a Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3Ghz system with 4 GB Ram and Geforce 560 Ti. I installed Arch Linux and then I installed Gentoo just for nostalgic and curiosities sake, I had a working Gentoo install within a few hours. I'm not noticing that much of a difference in performance between the two, X seems to load a bit faster on Gentoo but other apps in general load the same, have same performance quality and games have about the same exact framerates. Reguardless if I use "default" USE flags or "all dependencies" USE flags (I tend to be an all dependencies type of guy -- but I did both types for my testings) im not seeing that much, if any at all, performance differences.
I should also note that: Phoronix Test Suite actually provided better performance numbers in Arch Linux than in Gentoo Linux.
Now my "silly" question and I want true answers and not just speculative answers.
Am I wasting my time with Gentoo and from source compiles in general? If I generally tend to do all dep compiles, and im not seeing any performance difference reguardless if I do or don't do the all deps USE flags approach, simular gaming framerates, etc... am I really wasting my time with all the compiles and compile time? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Chaniyth (2011-11-21 17:08:26)

Chaniyth wrote:.....I installed Arch Linux and then I installed Gentoo just for nostalgic and curiosities sake, I had a working Gentoo install within a few hours. I'm not noticing that much of a difference in performance between the two.....I should also note that: Phoronix Test Suite actually provided better performance numbers in Arch Linux than in Gentoo Linux. ..... Am I wasting my time with .. source compiles..?
IME yes, if your goal is overall performance you ARE wasting your time. I have the same results in benchmarking stock Archlinux vs. the same system recompiled with CFLAGS="-march=native etc." on Sandy Bridge. The recompiled system ran slightly slower on some tests. Quite a bit faster on bzip2 compression. Better x264 performance. Much lower latencies, measured using the interbench package from AUR. But the lower latency depends primarily on the kernel. I use linux-lqx with arch=native; it is better than linux-ck or linux-pf in my tests.
I compile everything on my Archlinux system, using xmonad/lxpanel/rox as desktop or, when I'm in an alternate mood, KDE/rox. I don't compile from source for speed (except for math packages like sage-mathematics which can sometimes take advantage of the extra registers and SIMD instructions). I compile from source so that I have a complete system on hand. I once lived off-grid (in a cabin in the Ozark National Forest) and got in the habit of keeping my system ready for self-reliance. I enjoy having source code available for perusal and I modify a few of my packages. I use my own build script that uses meld to help me quickly bring forward my modifications into updated PKGBUILDs from the Arch repository (hey, there's no USE flags but I find that just modifying the PKGBUILD is actually cleaner, less baroque than the circular mess that can happen in Gentoo.)
One word of caution on your Phoronix benchmarks. Phoronix Test Suite was invented for comparing hardware. It uses its own binaries for many of the tests. When looking for the effect of software changes on the same hardware you should use the changed software (obviously). To do this with PTS you need to go into the ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/pts/<test>/ folder and move aside the folder containing the phoronix version of the binary being tested and link to your /usr directory. For example, in the sqlite test folder I move aside "sqlite_" and "ln -s /usr sqlite_" You can figure how to get each test to run local software by looking at the script in the test folder. If you don't do this, IMO you're getting misleading results from the PTS.

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gv wrote:
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silently ignore any Multicast DNS Responses they receive where the
source UDP port is not 5353." Your avahi-daemon does not comply with this draft.
Thank you for the reference. For the sake of others who may read this thread, the current draft of multicast DNS is at http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-cheshire-dnsext-multicastdns-14.txt.
Here is the whole paragraph from which you quoted, from section 6 (Responding): "The source UDP port in all Multicast DNS Responses MUST be 5353 (the well-known port assigned to mDNS). Multicast DNS implementations MUST silently ignore any Multicast DNS Responses they receive where the source UDP port is not 5353."
Thus, it appears that there are two errors here: the Cisco E4200 is not using 5353 as the source port, and the logger is not silently ignoring it.
The message appears to be an announcement rather than an actual response to a query. In section 8.3 (Announcing) I found this paragraph: "A Multicast DNS Responder MUST NOT send announcements in the absence of information that its network connectivity may have changed in some relevant way. In particular, a Multicast DNS Responder MUST NOT send regular periodic announcements as a matter of course." Thus, it appears that there are three errors here.

Keeping the time code from the source material

Hi - I have a camera that generates TC. I have it set to free run and the clock so that it records the actual time of the event as it takes place (doing this because it's meetings and such).
Problem is, when I import this footage (camera is AG-HMC40P by Panasonic) I'm not sure how I can display the footage time code in Premiere. Premiere just shows the numbers at all 00's as the source code.
Can someone explain to me what I need to do in Premiere to display the footage with its time code?
Thanks - Mike W.

Actually, I may have spoken too soon. Do you have any experience with this filter? I downloaded it and installed it. It works to provide a localized time code, but I still can't figure out how to see the time code from the clip/sequence from the capture file. For example, I have a tape that I play back on my TRV310 and it says September 7, 2009 and gives me the time at the bottom of the on-cam display. However the filter you suggest never seems to pick that up, even if I tell it to use "Source Time Code" as a value for the "Timecodes" property. Any idea how to get that time/date code embedded in the file?
Thanks.

Data loading from source system takes long time.

Hi,
I am loading data from R/3 to BW. I am getting following message in the monitor.
Request still running
Diagnosis
No errors could be found. The current process has probably not finished yet.
System response
The ALE inbox of the SAP BW is identical to the ALE outbox of the source system
and/or
the maximum wait time for this request has not yet run out
and/or
the batch job in the source system has not yet ended.
Current status
in the source system
Is there anything wrong with partner profile maintanance in the source system.
Cheers
Senthil

Hi,
I will suggest you to check a few places where you can see the status
1) SM37 job log (In source system if load is from R/3 or in BW if its a datamart load) (give request name) and it should give you the details about the request. If its active make sure that the job log is getting updated at frequent intervals.
Also see if there is any 'sysfail' for any datapacket in SM37.
2) SM66 get the job details (server name PID etc from SM37) and see in SM66 if the job is running or not. (In source system if load is from R/3 or in BW if its a datamart load). See if its accessing/updating some tables or is not doing anything at all.
3) RSMO see what is available in details tab. It may be in update rules.
4) ST22 check if any short dump has occured.(In source system if load is from R/3 or in BW if its a datamart load)
5) SM58 and BD87 for pending tRFCs and IDOCS.
Once you identify you can rectify the error.
If all the records are in PSA you can pull it from the PSA to target. Else you may have to pull it again from source infoprovider.
If its running and if you are able to see it active in SM66 you can wait for some time to let it finish. You can also try SM50 / SM51 to see what is happening in the system level like reading/inserting tables etc.
If you feel its active and running you can verify by checking if the number of records has increased in the data tables.
SM21 - System log can also be helpful.
Thanks,
JituK

Problems with executing customized Run-Time menu from a sub-vi imported from the main vi.

I am having trouble executing Run-Time menu from the sub-vi.
Currently my main vi program, which is the first thing that I open up to acquire data from different sources (i.e. dll’s, scanners etc.) opens up a number of sub-vi’s.
I have created several sub-vi’s, which are opened from the main vi’s customized Run-Time menu that I have created (i.e. dsp file). I am using the open panel.vi to open other sub-vi’s. I don’t have any problems opening any number of sub-vi’s through the main vi’s menu.
I would also like to have the option to open other sub-vi’s from any sub-vi’s menu. I succeeded in exporting the Run-Time m
enu from the main vi to the sub-vi using the property node properties however nothing happens (I hear a beeping sound) when I click on the sub-vi’s menu. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. I would really appreciate it if someone can attach a sample code using Run-Time menus on sub-vi’s imported from the main vi.
Thanks
Nish

I don't actually have any VIs like this. It might be easier to take the menu and just add it to the VI during development. Then it will always be there. It might be easier than doing this with Property Nodes.
J.R. Allen

Building eveything from source with ABS

Hi. Im amazed with the ABS system. It´s aewsome, since I love to build all the software in my system from source, and compiling it and make it a binary package is just genious. But I have some questions, here they go:
1 - Im compiling everything using the ABS tree using makepkg -b, so it compiles and generates packages also for its dependencies and I edited makepkg.conf so all the generated packages go to a folder (i.e. /packages) so I can install them later using pacman -U package. My question is: If I later install a given packages, that depends on another, will that package be automatically installed when it´s needed? And is there a way to automatically redo all the source compiling and package generation automatically upon a source update for the packages I previously generated (like syncing in pacman)?
2- Im trying to build my desktop from source the ABS way the cleanest way possible, without all that kde programs, just the core of its window manager, so I would like to know what sources to compile. I guess it would be something like xorg -> kde -> nvidia drivers -> compiz-fusion (not supported by ABS) . Any directions, guys? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Arthanis (2008-01-28 00:32:24)

Arthanis wrote:Sorry, it´s because i didn´t know how to move the post, I saw that if fit in another part of the forum
Don't worry too much. I suppose I was being mean given you are new here. It is just that help tends to be better when clustered in one place.
jacko wrote:I thought about doing this for myself at some point, there is a lot of things I just do not need that is compiled in by default which I could rid myself of but, is all the time worth it in the end? Would like to hear someone elses expertise on this issue.
Well, you could also add in more optimization for your specific processor. But I honestly don't think you need this for every package. Perhaps the kernel, glic and a couple of other often used and big packages, but in the end it is barely noticeable given Arch is fairly optimized by default and can make you system less stable.
The only real reason to recompile is to add/remove options. If the option is easy to add and doesn't bloat the package. the devs will probably add it for you if you ask in the bug tracker anyway. I think the only package I now recompile are mozilla ones because I want the branding.

Am I wasting my time with from source compiles?

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