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

John Check j4strngs at bitless.net
Tue Sep 7 11:38:31 EDT 2004


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 at 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



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