On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:24 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > When a 10.3 system is installed, by default some things are set up that > > will result in a daemon or some other agent occasionally waking up and > > getting very busy. These activities can impact other running > > applications. I am hoping to make a list of these so that I can (1) > > decide if I need them and (2) figure out how to disable them. With full > > understanding that I live with whatever mess I create. My use for this > > is in a measurement system that probably does not need whatever these > > applications are doing. It definitely does not want the system > > sluggishness they sometimes create. > > > > So, here is a start at my list: > > > > opensuseupdater > > > > updatedb > > Roger, > > It is pretty simple. Just right-click opensuseupdater in the sys tray, > choose quit and then click "do not start on login" (or something > similar). This will disable online update from running every time you > login and stop the automaitc refresh of all repositories. > > This is no big deal, I run that way. Just remember you must manually do > the yast->online update once in a while. > > Depending on whether you use Beagle search index, you will also want to > either (1) disable Beagle in control center, or (2) remove it completely > with "rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) kerry" from the command line as root. > > After making those two modifications, you will not experience any more > slowdown during the first 5-10 minutes after login. Online update and > beagle are the problems.
I am glad this is make accessible so easily; however, I need to make this part of my software installation. I cannot trust that the system operators will do this. I am hearing reports of other processes that start much later after login that are causing delays. I do not have complete information. Could also be a failing disk or a bad network connection. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
