Shadowchaser Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I decided to ask if anyone knows any Tips or Tricks for Mandriva LE-2005, Things like what services should and shouldn't be running. Tips/Tricks don't have to be only about Services they could be about Programs that enhance LE-2005. Or software thats included on it's DVD's or Cdroms. I'm sure this topic will help alot of new Mandriva Users and Some not to new Mandriva Users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Here's a funny tip ;) as root, install the package xpenguins -> urpmi xpenguins then, as a normal user execute it : xpenguins -n 1 -t "Penguins" & xpenguins --help for more help ... not usefull but I falled in love with it :) So ... If you want a tip about nVidia, just say hello :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 (edited) About services, I disabled a lot of them! * All services for bluetooth (I don't care bluetooth!) * mDNSResponder (WTF new service since LE2005?) * nifd * netplugd * oki4daemon * postfix (* hotplug was disabled by default) so ... I don't recommand to do the same but for me that works and the bootup sequence is quicker. enjoy testing :P Edited May 11, 2005 by theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 (edited) Here's a tip for nVidia driver: so, in your /etc/X11/xorg.cong, as root, add this line in the device section: Option "NoLogo" "1" You'd have something like this: Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Option "NoLogo" "1" EndSection It disables drawing of the NVIDIA logo splash screen at X startup. Not usefull but ... you know ... Yop. Edited May 11, 2005 by theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowchaser Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Thanks Theo for does Tips and Tricks, now all we need is more Mandrake/driva fanatics :D to add more tips & tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 (edited) here are my tips & tricks to install plugins (flash, java, ....) for mozilla based browsers in Mandriva: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=25234&hl= (at the end of the 1st page) I hope that can help some of us Edited May 12, 2005 by theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowchaser Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Great Tip Theo i'm sure alot of users will find that very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 (edited) In addition to the services Theo mentioned, I've also turned off the haldaemon, postfix and ultrabayd (but if you're using a Thinkpad, then you best leave this one). I have since stopped messagebus, as I didn't think it was relevant to have it broadcasting system messages. So my total list of stopped services are as follows (including the ones Theo mentioned): apmd (didn't start anyway) atd (I don't schedule jobs) bluetooth (I don't use it) cpufreq (doesn't work on my machine anyway) dund (linked to bluetooth) hidd (linked to bluetooth) hotplug (either it didn't start, or I didn't think it was relevant) mDNSResponder (added in LE2005 - to perform zeroconf service discovery - I don't use) nifd (linked to mDNSResponder) pand (linked to bluetooth) postfix (didn't work anyway) rawdevices (didn't work anyway) ultrabayd (only relevant to Thinkpads) xprint (didn't work anyway) Quite a lot! Edited May 16, 2005 by ianw1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 nice! so much services! I'll check mine once again! so ... here my new tip: How to configure Mandriva to take into account your IntelliMouse Optical (Left and right side buttons in Konqueror to navigate in the folders history) https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=25316&hl= enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Actually, I've just removed a few from the list above. I tested today and found that you can't really disable them. I'll explain: haldaemon, messagebus and harddrake were on my list for disabling. Whilst this may work for some users, if you add some additional hardware, you'll not be able to get it working. First off, I just enabled harddrake, so that when I plug in my usb hard drive, it'll pick it up. But it won't, unless haldaemon and messagebus are running as well. So, if you know you won't change your hardware, then fine, you can disable. Else, if you add some hardware and it doesn't work, then you need to enable these three, and then disable again after if you prefer! Personally, I'm gonna leave them running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 This thread has been closed with the agreement of Shadowchaser to prevent it growing like Topsy. :) Please post your tips and tricks as separate topics. Thanks. Edit: the thread has been reopened temporarily for adamw to post a warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 I just wanted to emphasise that disabling messagebus and haldaemon is a very bad idea for most people; it will cause many important functions to do with hardware detection and also hotplugging / automounting to fail. Please leave them enabled unless you know exactly what you're doing. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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