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

[Paul Winkler]

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 at 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 :)
 
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Paul Winkler
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