On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 11:00:33AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Hi Steve: > > Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know. I'm also putting > together a troubleshooting guide for Linux audio users, and that's the > kind of stuff I need for that work too. Cool, good idea. I'll take a not-very-expert crack at this: > Here's from the chkconfig report: > > [dlphilp@localhost dlphilp]$ chkconfig --list | grep 5:on > kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off you can kill kudzu if you're not going to be installing new hardware while recording :-) > syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off i'd leave that alone, logs are always good to have... > netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dunno. Do you use any network filesystems? > network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off I'd probably leave it alone, not sure. > random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off I don't think this actually does anything after startup. > rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dunno what that is. > keytable 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off don't think this does anything after startup, dunno. > pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off is this even a laptop? > apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off don't need it. > atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off don't need it. > gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off probably don't need it if you're running X and/or don't care about mouse on console, UNLESS your X is configured to use /dev/gmpdata for its mouse events. > autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off not needed unless you use network filesystems. > iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off firewall stuff... I'd leave it on unless networking is off... but then maybe it's another run-once-at-startup script. > isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off do you really have an ISDN card? :-) > sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off Maybe not necessary, but can be handy to have another box ssh'd in if you manage to lock up under X. > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off i think you need that if networking is up. > nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs again... > sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off don't really need it. > rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dunno what that is. > crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off kill em both. > xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off need that for X. > xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off not needed unless you think you're going to want random network services being launched on demand ... > cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off printing, do you need that? > canna 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off dunno what that is. > alsasound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > MidiShare 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off presumably you want these :) -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com