Gingerbread Compcache

[rabbitfoot]

is anybody running compcache on PEGB? i haven't run compcache since froyo, but with this aggressive task manager, perhaps it'd help to have some virtual memory, or just to try something new.

i'm using raidzero's kernel now, but if anybody's gotten it to run even with another kernel some advice would be great. i tried installing the following from froyo (simply because i couldn't find what i should've been doing for GB):

/system/bin/compcache
/system/lib/modules/ramzswap.ko
/xbin/rzscontrol

then went into terminal emulator and typed:
su
compcache start

i just got a bunch of fails reported back. advice is much appreciated.


best,
rf

[GirLuvsDroid]

is anybody running compcache on PEGB? i haven't run compcache since froyo, but with this aggressive task manager, perhaps it'd help to have some virtual memory, or just to try something new.

i'm using raidzero's kernel now, but if anybody's gotten it to run even with another kernel some advice would be great. i tried installing the following from froyo (simply because i couldn't find what i should've been doing for GB):

/system/bin/compcache
/system/lib/modules/ramzswap.ko
/xbin/rzscontrol

then went into terminal emulator and typed:
su
compcache start

i just got a bunch of fails reported back. advice is much appreciated.


best,
rf

You actually don't need to do all that, because the RZ kernels have the compcache modules needed. Using Root Explorer, take a look at /system/bin and see if compcache is there. It was not for me, so I went to /system/xbin, copied compcache from there, went back to /system/bin, tapped Mount R/W and pasted compcache into /bin, then checked to ensure that permissions were rwxr-xr-x.

Now you can go into Terminal and type
su
compcache start

and it will work.

I did enable compcache for a bit, but the results for me were unbearable in terms of freezups and lag. I tried Swapper2 with the same results. I know compcache and Swapper2 have worked beautifully for others, though, so you just have to see how it does on your Droid.

[rabbitfoot]

i looked in the rzk zip and saw the compcache file in /system/bin and thought i should be good. i checked w/ root explorer and it ws in both /system/xbin and /system/bin

but this is what i get back in terminal emulator:

insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/ramzswap.ko' failed (Exec format error) Failed to open /dev/block/ramzswap0: No such file or directory swapon: can't stat '/dev/block/ramzswap0': No such file or directory

what's that about?

thank you!

best,
rf

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[GirLuvsDroid]

Make sure the permissions for ramzswap.ko are correct. They should be rw-r--r--, just like an installed apk.

[rabbitfoot]

i just reflashed rzk @ 1200 mhz and ran through it all again but still getting the same thing.

i checked the permissions and they are as you've written. the file in /dev/block/ isn't there. should it be?

best,
rf

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[GirLuvsDroid]

I don't have ramzswap0 in /dev/block either and compcache worked for me. That's just baffling, I really don't know how else to help.

UPDATE: I went through the process of enabling compcache again and it worked fine, then I disabled it. When I ran compcache stats after I enabled compcache, I got the list of items and numbers that shows it's working. But when I disabled it and ran compcache stats, I got the same /dev/block error as you did.

[rabbitfoot]

no big deal. compcache didn't run so well for me in froyo. just thought i'd give it a whirl.

thanks!

best,
rf


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[rabbitfoot]

just an update for anybody running into the same issue.

thinking about it, i later realized that my busybox version is 1.18.3 in both /system/bin and in /system/xbin which was throwing off my titanium backup.

i copied the PEGB busybox back to bin and xbin. now, i'm still getting the same message but at the end it says compcache is enabled, though looking at my stats it isn't.

any thoughts besides telling me to get a tattoo on my inner thigh that reads "she hate me"?

best,
rf