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staticvoid

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[SOLVED] trimming down deamons

at the mo my rc.conf reads:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)

i messed something up and i got some weird results (i think i took out udev and autodetect?)

anyway, my question is: what do i need in here, and how do i get it back if i mess something up? adding autodetect and udev right now....

thanx!
sv

Last edited by staticvoid (2008-02-19 11:09:13)

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: [SOLVED] trimming down deamons

normally, you don't /need/ anything here.

oh and btw, udev and autodetects look like hooks from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

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staticvoid

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Re: [SOLVED] trimming down deamons

i remember seeing a wiki for a list of all the daemons and what the do..  : /
found this which welped me understand:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemons

cool beans about putting an @ sign

sv

p.s. so bangkok_manouel, can i remove udev from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf? it takes a long time to scan... do i really need it then?

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: [SOLVED] trimming down deamons

i remember seeing a wiki for a list of all the daemons and what the do..  : /
found this which welped me understand:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemons

cool beans about putting an @ sign

sv

for your daemons, syslog-ng, network (net-profiles ) hal and alsa should do it as a minimum for desktop use... you may want to add a login manager as well...

p.s. so bangkok_manouel, can i remove udev from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf? it takes a long time to scan... do i really need it then?

definitely not something /I/ would recommend except if you know what you are doing... helps to autoload modules which is, let's say, very convenient...

edit: typos

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: [SOLVED] trimming down deamons

can i remove udev from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf? it takes a long time to scan... do i really need it then?

Just to clarify. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong but I think you are mixing 2 different things here.
udev in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf will include udev in your kernel image:

Udev will be used to create your root device node and detect the needed modules for your root device.

The "scan" you are refering to is related to the autoloading of modules in /etc/rc.conf

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staticvoid

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Re: [SOLVED] trimming down deamons

aha ok..
thanx for the pointers
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