Re: excessive hd access

[Christian Persch <chpe gnome org>]

Hi,

Le mercredi 01 mars 2006 à 20:27 -0800, paul m a écrit :
> When epiphany loads a new page (or returns to a previously viewed page) it 
> accesses the hard drive; this causes quite a drain on laptop batteries 
> (constantly forcing the hd to spin up). Is it possible to prevent epiphany 
> from writing to the hd while browsing? Zero hd activity would be ideal -- A 
> new feature for you to advertise: powersaving.
> 
> (I have set disk cache to 0 in about:config, and cookies are off)

If disk cache is off, the HD access might be from loading fonts, or from
swapping either in epiphany or the X server.

Regards,
	Christian