Emory, In Unix based systems, init looks in the rc directories for startup and kill files. The startup files all start with a capital S, and the fill files all start with a capital K. To keep either of those files from being read and processes started or killed, all you need to do is to change the K or S to k or s in the file names. Init will not run the scripts if the beginning letter is not capitalized.
Mark At 07:55 AM 7/25/2008, you wrote: >My sentiments, exactly! >I have sound, networking, update and several other services disabled. >I use a somewhat unconventional method of doing it. I create the >directory /etc/rcd.2.not and move* the unneeded links from rc2.d >there. That way, if I need any of those services back, I can issue >/etc/rc2.d.not/servicename start|stop. I use a USB flash drive to get >gcode into the machine since wireless networking doesn't work at >the distance I have and an ethernet cable is impractical until we get >some construction finished. > >The reason I did this was that within a few minutes after startup, the >machine's CPU usage goes very high for a few minutes and I figured >it was auto-update trying to get a network connection going. >It's a shotgun approach but it works and there was no clue in System Monitor, >top or ps as to what was causing the high CPU usage. > >There's no need for any readers to flame me about doing it this way. >When I'm ready to do cutting, I leave my I.S. Tech hat in the house. >I'm just saying that it works for me. YMMV. > >* mc (apt-get install mc) makes that process much easier. Very >little typing ;^) > >Emory ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users