Re: General Questions
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Matthew Grant wrote: > > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > a silly question but have you recompiled kernel or are you using the one the Debian CD supplied you with? If you haven't then if you compile one expect a three fold increase in speed :) Alex
Re: General Questions
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Matthew Grant wrote: > > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > a silly question but have you recompiled kernel or are you using the one the Debian CD supplied you with? If you haven't then if you compile one expect a three fold increase in speed :) Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: General Questions
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:00:17PM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > Thanks a bunch everyone. Thats were my next question was aimed. > I appreciate the tip on HD speed which I will try because I > have never heard about it. > > But what about Battery Life. My Laptop sits in a terminal for > 40 minutes before the power light starts to blink. But I was > running X and compiling Busybox and It died after 15 minutes. > Are there any OpenSource tools to completely drain the battery > Because it has been used as a Desktop for about 4 years and has > never been unplugged. I hope I don't have to buy a new battery. In case you reboot once in a while: On my old Acer notebook I was told to go into the BIOS and let it sit there until it gets switched off. That operation usually lasts much longer than the battery warning beeps/shutdowns you get when you're working normally. Andreas Mohr
Re: Re: General Questions
Thanks a bunch everyone. Thats were my next question was aimed. I appreciate the tip on HD speed which I will try because I have never heard about it. But what about Battery Life. My Laptop sits in a terminal for 40 minutes before the power light starts to blink. But I was running X and compiling Busybox and It died after 15 minutes. Are there any OpenSource tools to completely drain the battery Because it has been used as a Desktop for about 4 years and has never been unplugged. I hope I don't have to buy a new battery. I Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Andreas Mohr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:36:59AM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > As several people have already explained that (update-rc.d), > what about using hdparm for HDD speed improvement ? > Or are you already using it ? > > Andreas Mohr > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: Re: General Questions
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:00:17PM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > Thanks a bunch everyone. Thats were my next question was aimed. > I appreciate the tip on HD speed which I will try because I > have never heard about it. > > But what about Battery Life. My Laptop sits in a terminal for > 40 minutes before the power light starts to blink. But I was > running X and compiling Busybox and It died after 15 minutes. > Are there any OpenSource tools to completely drain the battery > Because it has been used as a Desktop for about 4 years and has > never been unplugged. I hope I don't have to buy a new battery. In case you reboot once in a while: On my old Acer notebook I was told to go into the BIOS and let it sit there until it gets switched off. That operation usually lasts much longer than the battery warning beeps/shutdowns you get when you're working normally. Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: General Questions
Thanks a bunch everyone. Thats were my next question was aimed. I appreciate the tip on HD speed which I will try because I have never heard about it. But what about Battery Life. My Laptop sits in a terminal for 40 minutes before the power light starts to blink. But I was running X and compiling Busybox and It died after 15 minutes. Are there any OpenSource tools to completely drain the battery Because it has been used as a Desktop for about 4 years and has never been unplugged. I hope I don't have to buy a new battery. I Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Andreas Mohr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:36:59AM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > As several people have already explained that (update-rc.d), > what about using hdparm for HDD speed improvement ? > Or are you already using it ? > > Andreas Mohr > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General Questions
Try removing the appropriate hardlinks in /etc/rc*.d/ which are used at startup to start various daemons. -- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Matthew Grant wrote: > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > > Thanks > > > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: General Questions
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:36:59AM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. As several people have already explained that (update-rc.d), what about using hdparm for HDD speed improvement ? Or are you already using it ? Andreas Mohr
Re: General Questions
Try removing the appropriate hardlinks in /etc/rc*.d/ which are used at startup to start various daemons. -- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Matthew Grant wrote: > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. > > Thanks > > > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General Questions
"Trey Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You can do 1 of two things here. > 1. you can apt-get remove packagename > or > 2. go to /etc/rc2.d and remove the symlink > > debian boots to initlevel 2 by default > > Trey Yes, but that's not the best way :) $ update-rc.d -f xdm remove Or whatever you want to disable in place of xdm. If you need to find name of the service to disable, go to /etc/init.d. They are all there. Peter.
Re: General Questions
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:36:59AM -0500, Matthew Grant wrote: > I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD > It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is > really slow.(Hey It was Donated). > > Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and > wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 > thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. As several people have already explained that (update-rc.d), what about using hdparm for HDD speed improvement ? Or are you already using it ? Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: General Questions
You can do 1 of two things here. 1. you can apt-get remove packagename or 2. go to /etc/rc2.d and remove the symlink debian boots to initlevel 2 by default Trey -Original Message- From: Matthew Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: General Questions I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is really slow.(Hey It was Donated). Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. Thanks Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: General Questions
"Trey Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You can do 1 of two things here. > 1. you can apt-get remove packagename > or > 2. go to /etc/rc2.d and remove the symlink > > debian boots to initlevel 2 by default > > Trey Yes, but that's not the best way :) $ update-rc.d -f xdm remove Or whatever you want to disable in place of xdm. If you need to find name of the service to disable, go to /etc/init.d. They are all there. Peter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: General Questions
You can do 1 of two things here. 1. you can apt-get remove packagename or 2. go to /etc/rc2.d and remove the symlink debian boots to initlevel 2 by default Trey -Original Message- From: Matthew Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: General Questions I'm running Debian 2.2.r0 on a ibm ThinkPad 465XD It's only a P120 w/24MB of Ram and My boot-up is really slow.(Hey It was Donated). Could Someone Explain how to shut off Zope, Xdm, and wwwoffled. I tried changing run levels but they(3 thru 5)all seem to have the same stuff. Thanks Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
