From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: nightowl Subject: Re: GNU Icecat crashed tab Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 04:27:11 +0200 Message-ID: <3ac8ccd7205e3bea3dc79b453187eb02@posteo.net> References: <3db83d6ed0762a43ed6228ac6dacbe60@posteo.net> <87pnx5u9dl.fsf@elephly.net> <20180922103020.GA4237@jurong> <87o9cpu7ge.fsf@elephly.net> <874lefhsz2.fsf@elephly.net> <109421fc356f21fbed0adb92d39723e9@posteo.net> <87pnx0c0k6.fsf@gnu.org> <51cc89e1f32f73fef9b4a62179aef8a7@posteo.net> <8736tvad6v.fsf@gnu.org> <6af4caef9b19202bcabc30bd214b9a32@posteo.net> <20180927080646.172a98ba@alma-ubu> <704210b8c1e753fcaa03debfcc391c1e@posteo.net> <87k1n4btz3.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55291) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6RS4-0008Sp-ER for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:27:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6RS0-0000NT-Ip for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:27:20 -0400 Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.142]:37745) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6RRz-0000Lx-4d for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:27:16 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6756E212CA for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2018 04:27:13 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87k1n4btz3.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Thanks all for the help and advice on handling package upgrades and=20 memory management. I have been able to update my system now and use=20 icecat version 60. I can verify that the tab crash appears to be=20 resolved with this new version of icecat on my PC, however I also now=20 notice that scrolling is not as smooth as it used to be. There seem to=20 be some delay and jerkiness when scrolling up and down pages with allot=20 of content, like say a nice wikipedia page with some meaty topic and=20 lots of figures. I have compared this by booting into my old system=20 config, and find the scrolling in the previous icecat version is=20 definitely smoother. Gnome web also shows smoother scrolling than the=20 version 60 icecat. This new version looks to still be a pre-release, so=20 maybe there are some issues to address with the fluidity of the=20 scrolling. On 29.09.2018 10:14, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > nightowl writes: >=20 >> I have been trying to upgrade the icecat package. I am using the >> 'guix system reconfigure' command, but seem to be running out of disk >> space. >=20 > Generally, I recommend keeping the user profile separate from a lean > system profile. This allows you to upgrade your system even if some of > your user packages cannot currently be built for some reason. >=20 >> It is also starting to compile some things instead of using >> substitutes, but maybe I need to wait for the servers to settle down. >=20 > That=E2=80=99s possible. You can get an overview of what=E2=80=99s going= to be > downloaded and what will be built with the =E2=80=9C--dry-run=E2=80=9D op= tion. >=20 >> Currently after running garbage collection, my installation is still >> about 17GB on a 20GB partition. I have several generations of past >> configurations, so would it be possible to free up space by removing >> some of the past generations? How would that be done, I do not see a >> command for doing that? >=20 > You need to manually remove old links of the form > /var/guix/profiles/system-*-link =E2=80=94 be careful not to remove the l= ink > corresponding to the current system! After that you can run =E2=80=9Cgui= x gc=E2=80=9D. >=20 > -- > Ricardo