luxrender 7% Speed Up
I ran the luxconsole program in Mac OS X's single user mode and
measured the time it took to render one frame versus just running
it in regular mode. I found something like a 7% speed up.
However, I still don't know if it is safe to do so for in single user
mode many things are turned off. I'm hoping the CPU temp sensor isn't one
of them. Anyway, if you care to tempt fate here are the steps but first
be advised. Messing around in a Mac's single user mode is no laughing
matter. You can seriously mess yo computa up. And You know that's
true because I had to write gansta style to convey that point.
Anyway, if you feel comfortable on the command line. If you don't mind
living in the terminal. Then consider these steps.... but I warned you.
- Decide if 7% is really necessary on your project
- Turn off your Mac
- Now hold down the command key along with the S key and press the start button.
- When all the white text stops you will be presented with the bare minimum command line. (Note: This is not a full shell)
- There's a note to make your harddrive readable writeable. It's something like
/sbin/mount -uw /
- Enter that line to use your harddisk.
- Now navigate to luxconsole (This is where you need to have shell skillage cd ls pwd etcetera... )
- Just run luxconsole the way you normally would on some project and that's it
- When you are done type exit and go find your newly rendered file
Personally I like the Mac's single user mode.
I especially like to fill the screen with random binary
and sit back and enjoy the simple art that it is.