RE: Resource usage

[Mark Haney]

Title: RE: Resource usage

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>If this machine is a server, why not use a web based tool for
>accessing it - such as Webmin? Easier all the way around, accessible
>from another computer on your network instead of sitting in front of
>the server...? 

Good question, actually, I thought about it, but my boss gets all
freaked about security.  Webmin is a great tool, and I've used it in
the past, but I'm not really sure I want to set it up for what little
he might actually do.  I'm just going to SSH into the box to do what
I need, which will hopefully be very little.

>and set the default runlevel to 3 so that you boot to a console
>login - that way, if you REALLY need to start XWindows, you can just
>run the "startx" script

Duh!  Good grief.  Yeah, I really did know that.  It's been a long
time since I've had need of worrying about those things.  I either
just skip any GUI install, or I run GNOME. 

>Uh, what about US citizens that live in other countries? A-hem.
>Rather sad at times to be the only yank in the neighbourhood here.

Hey man, anyone that says 'mate' and uses the British spelling of
neighborhood has been out of the country way too long. :)  Of course,
I meant that to include all US citizens.  It just didn't fall out my
face that way.


- -----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:23 AM
To: RedHat Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Resource usage



On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 22:07, Mark Haney wrote:
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> Got a couple of quick questions to ask before the holiday.  First,
> I have a web server that is running on a decent IBM PC-Server 325,
> 300MHz PII with 128MB RAM.  It's plenty fast enough for our needs.
> My only question concerns resource usage by the GUI, in this case
> GNOME.  See, my boss is mouse-dependent and knows nothing about
> linux, but wants to be able to at least do a few things on that
> server, add users and the like.  I'm much happier with the CLI,
> especially on a server, but can't really get away with not having
> the GUI for him to use.  Now, is the resource usage of the GUI a
> major issue on this box?  What is the typical RAM usage of GNOME
> running 800X600?  I been using it quite heavily to ftp my web site
> to this new box and it runs plenty fast enough with GNOME running.

If this machine is a server, why not use a web based tool for
accessing
it - such as Webmin? Easier all the way around, accessible from
another
computer on your network instead of sitting in front of the
server...?

Otherwise, you can edit the /etc/inittab file and set the default
runlevel to 3 so that you boot to a console login - that way, if you
REALLY need to start XWindows, you can just run the "startx" script.
You'll save on overall resource by not having the GDM up and running.

> Second, what's the easiest way to go back to booting to the CLI if
> the GUI is already set to boot?

See above. If the server is already booting to GDM, you can just
change
the default runlevel to 3 instead of 5 and you'll have the console.

>  Sounds like a rookie question

Everyone's a rookie. It's a great question mate.

> Thanks in advance for any input.  And to all of us in the US, Happy
> Independence Day!

Uh, what about US citizens that live in other countries? A-hem.
Rather
sad at times to be the only yank in the neighbourhood here.

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