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

[John Check]

On Tuesday 07 September 2004 11:25 am, Paul Winkler wrote:
> 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.
>

Thats  ifup

> > 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.
>

Just save/loads the random seed

> > 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.
>

Just for NFS.. some other things like drac use it but they're all esoteric

> > 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.

name service for something

>
> > 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.
>

They're mutually exclusive. This is a good time to point out just because the 
initscripts/links are there doesn't mean the programs they refer to are.

> > 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 :)