On Tuesday 07 September 2004 11:00 am, 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. > > 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 > syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > rawdevices 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > keytable 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > sendmail 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off > rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > 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 > xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > canna 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:on 5:on 6:off > 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 > > > While some of this report is cryptic to me, I wonder about some things > like the apmd, isdn, pcmcia, portmap, and sendmail entries. Am I correct > to assume I can do without them at any time, i.e., not only during > recording ? > apmd is power management, so turning that off is good, but you can kill that in you kernel too isdn - unless you have ISDN hardware it's not doing anything pcmcia - if it ain't a laptop buh-bye, but if it ain't a laptop you don't have it. portmap - only used by NFS, no NFS mounts, you don't need sendmail - augh, depends on what mode it runs, but if you kill it you won't get any reports So, first 3 can be stripped from the kernel, then you don't have to worry even though they're hardware dependant. Latter 2 can be turned off, but if sendmail isn't running in daemon mode it's not hurting anything. BTW - the implementation report dealie is coming along. Should be ready "Real Soon Now" > Best regards, > > dp > > Steve Harris wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 10:39:14AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > >> I've tacked on a copy of top's report for a plain-vanilla Planet CCRMA > >>RH 9. I'm going to be advising a client regarding what services he > >>can/should disable for best-case recording (with a nearly identical > >>system), so I thought I'd use my own system for the primary tests. I'd > >>like to know which of the services and jobs listed by top can be safely > >>disabled during the use of a setup consisting of Jack, Rosegarden, and > >>Hydrogen, all in the latest & greatest versions from Planet C. Any and > >>all suggestions will be cosmically appreciated. > > > >Not all services show up in top, some are only run when they are > >triggered. You can get a more accurate list with > >chkconfig --list | grep 5:on > >and looking in /etc/cron.*/ > > > >- Steve
