[linux-audio-user] regarding services and cron jobs

[Steve Harris]

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