Just my 2 cents... since I switched to Linux with MDK8.2, I've always noticed the XFS daemon (X Font Server) and the DM daemon (Display Manager) are not started among the first services to be started. DM need XFS started before it can be launched.
DM is the services that launch KDE and therefore the sooner it is started the sooner you will get KDE up. For example, for MDK9.2, I moved XFS and DM to S01xfs and S02dm in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rc5.d]$ ll total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 oct 21 01:40 K15postgresql -> ../init.d/postgresql* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 oct 21 01:40 K55routed -> ../init.d/routed* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 oct 21 01:32 S01xfs -> ../init.d/xfs* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 oct 21 01:31 S02dm -> ../init.d/dm* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 oct 21 01:34 S03iptables -> ../init.d/iptables* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 oct 21 01:42 S09network -> ../init.d/network* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 oct 21 01:46 S11internet -> ../init.d/internet* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 oct 21 01:42 S11portmap -> ../init.d/portmap* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 oct 21 01:42 S12syslog -> ../init.d/syslog* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 oct 21 01:31 S13partmon -> ../init.d/partmon* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 oct 21 01:34 S14nfslock -> ../init.d/nfslock* -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 721 oct 21 19:02 S15fw* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct 21 01:31 S17alsa -> ../init.d/alsa* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 oct 21 01:42 S18sound -> ../init.d/sound* . . . . it saves me 5 seconds of total boot time maybe it should be setup like that for MDK10.0 ? regards, effco Le mar 28/10/2003 à 21:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > > - Sysv is already mostly parallelized. It takes 26 > > seconds which is better than I expected. Actually, as > > I understand, on this single-cpu machine the overhead > > of context switching is so high that xinetd and cups > > would probably start faster if they were not > > parallelized with X. > > - Idea: sshd is the only service that uses xinetd. > > Standalone sshd would probably boot faster? This > > computer connects to the Internet using a modem, I > > don't even own a network card. Therefore I probably > > don't need sshd at all. > > Isn't xinetd startup of ssh disabled by default, in favour of starting as > a daemon? > > > - While I'm at it, I also don't need netfs, nfslock > > (thus portmap) > > If you want to use NFS you need them all. If you don't use NFS, 'urpme > nfs-utils-client' or whatever it is. AFAIK you need portmap for fam to > work? > > > or tmdns. Isn't it possible to disable > > these services if no NIC is detected during > > installation? Also since this is a desktop pc i don't > > need apmd. > > And you don't want to be able to use the sleep/wake buttons on your > keyboard ;-). > > > Can't this also be detected? > > - I just can't understand why kde takes so long to > > start!??!? Unfortunately, gnome isn't much better. The > > "loading session" part in kde can be accellerated by > > disabling KOrganizer (if someone wants to use it, > > he/she can find it in the menus) > > I don't think korganiser has a huge impact, and it's point is to remind > you, not to tell you the things you want to be reminded of when you > remember to run it, and it can easily be disabled. > > > - Idea: postpone cups and scannerdrake startup for 60 > > seconds to give desktop a chance to start and avoid > > unnecessary context switching. > > Yay, then Mandrake samba print servers will now only be usable 2 minutes > after having fully booted ... since we HUP samba a minute after starting > it to give CUPS time to pick up all the printers (I haven't removed this > since samba-2.2.8a can't update the printers automatically as it is > supposed to - it worked in 2.2.7a though ...). > > > It's very unlikely that > > someone would like to print or scan something in the > > first 60 seconds? > > Maybe on a desktop, and I guess it's not too bad on a server unless > there's an MCSE driving it ... > > > The same trick could be used for > > crond and atd I believe. > > > > What do you think? Should I apply these optimizations > > to my Pc? will anything burn up (except the lg cd-rom) > > ;) > > I wonder if the 23s to start KDE can be reduced significantly by pre-linking? > > BTW, Windows (even Windows 2000) shuts down very quickly (ie usually < 5 > seconds on my laptop), and I think the margin is greater on shutdown ... > > Regards, > Buchan > > > > > >
