[hoary] entries in /etc/sysctl.conf

[ulrich steffens]

many thanks to you ziyad, this did the trick!

ulrich

On Di, 2005-03-08 at 05:09 +0300, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 18:33 +0100, ulrich steffens wrote:
> > hi list,
> > for some reason i read that increasing the value of 
> > '/proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq' to 1024 will enhance system
> > performance while playing video/games, i added the entry
> > 'dev/rtc/max-user-freq=1024' to /etc/sysctl.conf.
> > (and indeed when playing Doom3 this makes a huge difference, if i
> > manually increase this key)
> > 
> > but everytime i start ubuntu it says
> > 'error : dev.rtc.max-user-freq is an unknown key'
> > 
> > and while i haven't the slightest clue where to look, can someone please
> > point me in the right direction?
> > 
> > thanks
> > -- 
> > - ulrich
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > rule 3: It is OK to put all bad people in a giant meat grinder.
> > 
> > 
> 
> "/proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" is only available if the "rtc" kernel
> module is loaded!
> 
> To load it manually, do:
>         sudo modprobe rtc
> To load it automatically each time you boot the system:
>         Add "rtc" (without quotation marks!) in it's own line in
>         "/etc/modules" (make sure not to delete any lines in that
>         file!).
> 
> Ziyad.
> 
> 
-- 
- ulrich
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rule 3: It is OK to put all bad people in a giant meat grinder.