"Readahead" : how does it work ??

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> you add files to /etc/readahead/readahead - not directories, just files with
> fully qualified paths.

Ahhhh, thanks.

> It really isn't something that's particularly user-tweakable without some
> fairly indepth knowledge of strace, ldd etc.

Given that I don't have a clue what ldd and strace are, I guess I will
have to give up tweaking readahead then...

> > Also, considering that Warty does not have readahead, may I ask why
> > Warty is blindingly quick at opening the Gnome menus (Applications,
> > Computer...) after you log-in, whereas in Hoary, when you first log-in
> > and click on the menus, it it takes 2 seconds of hard drive activity,
> > before you showing the menu. 
> Probably the different menu systems and gamin v fam.

I hope they will work on it. If eye candy is not the priority, then at
least, speed should be. If get neither of these.... :-/

Vince