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

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