Daemons line

Gauvenator · 2008-05-03 23:41:37

Here's my daemons line in the rc.conf:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng net-profiles network firestarter netfs portmap fam dbus hal crond alsa sensors mysqld)

Are there any I can make start in the background or that are unnecessary? Also, what are netfs and crond?

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depp · 2008-05-03 23:45:29

Here is mine:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network !netfs crond hal @alsa @net-profiles @fam @cpufreq @ntpd @mpd @sshd)

muunleit · 2008-05-04 01:04:14

Gauvenator wrote:

... Also, what are netfs and crond?

crond => Cron-Daemon (Link_to_Wikipedia)
netfs => Daemon needed to mount net-filesystems

Gauvenator · 2008-05-04 03:45:34

OK I've been toying with it and now it's like this:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng net-profiles !network firestarter !netfs portmap fam dbus hal crond @mysqld @alsa @sensors)

It doesn't make a difference over the same thing without the ! and @. Both boot 26s according to bootchart.

Anything else I should try? Can I @crond safely?

venox · 2008-05-04 04:03:53

Gauvenator wrote:

... Can I @crond safely?

Yes. AFAIK you can put fam, dbus and hal on the background too.

Gauvenator · 2008-05-04 04:53:37

Backgrounding crond, fam, dbus and hal got it down to 24s. The slowest part is net-profiles....it takes several seconds to turn the wireless on.

Demind · 2008-05-04 06:03:19

Except from syslog-ng i have all my daemons in background...no problems at all.Never.
Am I Lucky?

dolby · 2008-05-04 10:55:22

try @syslog-ng @net-profiles !network @firestarter !netfs @portmap @fam @hal @crond @mysqld @alsa @sensors

hal starts dbus if its not started and i dont think theres a problem with backgrounding all the daemons

SiD · 2008-05-04 11:31:41

You can use gamin instead of fam.
Just remove fam from your system and install gamin. It's not needed to put gamin to the daemons list, just install it and you are done.

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venox · 2008-05-04 17:43:59

dolby wrote:

hal starts dbus if its not started and i dont think theres a problem with backgrounding all the daemons

I'm not sure about this. But I think it's not a good thing to background daemons of which other daemons depend. Like backgrounding network, while others need it to start correctly. You can't just assume that the backgrounded daemon will be up and running until the other daemon starts.

But again, I'm not sure about this.

Anyway, what's the difference of having a system that boots in 30 or 20 seconds when you're going to use it for hours?

Gauvenator · 2008-05-05 19:51:12

venox wrote:

dolby wrote:
hal starts dbus if its not started and i dont think theres a problem with backgrounding all the daemons
I'm not sure about this. But I think it's not a good thing to background daemons of which other daemons depend. Like backgrounding network, while others need it to start correctly. You can't just assume that the backgrounded daemon will be up and running until the other daemon starts.
But again, I'm not sure about this.
Anyway, what's the difference of having a system that boots in 30 or 20 seconds when you're going to use it for hours?

Yes that's what I was thinking too. A daemon could depend on another being running.

Well I'm happy atm, but just for the hell of it I'm going to see how quick it is without net-profiles

Gauvenator · 2008-05-05 20:05:37

hehe 18s without net-profiles and firestarter. Too bad I needs t3h 1nt3rw3bz

Well, 24s is satisfactory.

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