Hello from Gregg C Levine Don't forget hotplug. According to the Linux-hotplug site on Source Forge, the S/390 version of this, uses it, for managing certain events, specifically the channel ones, such as the machine check events. Go here, if you're in doubt. http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=chandev I had to go over it twice before I decided to believe it. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Turning off unneeded services in SLES-8 > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Michael MacIsaac wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I often hear the suggestion to "turn off unneeded services". SuSE SLES-8 > > seems to have a lot of services off, but there are probably more that are > > not needed. However, I'm wary of turning off any that are critical to > > Linux. Will any of the following be a problem with the base functioning of > > a Linux image under z/VM?: > > > > chkconfig atd off > > On Red Hat Linux, no vendor procedures used atd, though I do. > > > > chkconfig fbset off > I suspect that's to do frame buffers (video). Unless IBM's introduced > video hardware for the mainframe recently, you can remove the software. > > For video hardware, think SVGA and similar. > > > > chkconfig hotplug off > > chkconfig hwscan off > > chkconfig postfix off > > postfix is your Mail Transport Agent. You need it to receive mail, and > possibly to send it. Likely, some system services send you mail - cron > for example. > > > chkconfig smbfs off > > chkconfig xdm off > > xdm is one of three graphic display managers that control graphic login. > If you want to use a GUI interface for all your work, you may want one > of these. Alternatives to XDM are GDM and KDM. > > Note that you can use one of these even without video hardware: you can > get a login screen across the network. > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
