Re: sleepy monitor??

>     httpd/mysqld/smb should all run whether runlevel 3 or 5

>     You aren't likely to see that much of a difference between the two
>     runlevels until someone logs in - at which point, on runlevel 5, a whole
>     lot more processes are started.

>     until then, the major difference between the two will be found

>     ps aux|grep gdm

>     just to be sure though, I confirm...

>     chkconfig --list [service]

>     chkconfig --levels 2345 httpd on
>     chkconfig --levels 2345 mysqld on
>     chkconfig --levels 2345 smb on

>     Craig

>     On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 07:25 -0800, keith smith wrote:
>     > After adding:
>     >
>     > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 httpd on
>     > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 mysqld on
>     > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 smb on
>     > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 3 yum on

>     >
>     > - - - - - - - -
>     > [root@dev bin]# free
>     > total used free shared buffers
>     > cached
>     > Mem: 385772 311396 74376 0 71832
>     > 177692
>     > -/+ buffers/cache: 61872 323900
>     > Swap: 666688 88 666600

>     >
>     > Not a real big diff.

>     >
>     > RunLevel 5 : 312956
>     > RunLevel 3 : 311396

>     >
>     > It does seem more responsive......

>     >
>     > Keith

>     >

>     >

>     >
>     > "Eric \"Shubes\"" wrote:
>     > keith smith wrote:
>     > > When I execute runlevel it returns "3 5" - could it be
>     > possible I'm
>     > > running both?

>     >
>     > man runlevel

>     >
>     > > free:
>     > > total used free shared buffers cached
>     > > Mem: 385772 312696 73076 0 70856 176448
>     > > -/+ buffers/cache: 65392 320380
>     > > Swap: 666688 88 666600

>     > >
>     > > - - - - -
>     > > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/telinit 3
>     > > [root@dev bin]# free

>     > >
>     > > total used free shared buffers cached
>     > > Mem: 385772 298428 87344 0 70896 175780
>     > > -/+ buffers/cache: 51752 334020
>     > > Swap: 666688 88 666600

>     > >
>     > > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/runlevel
>     > > 5 3

>     > >
>     > > ------

>     > >
>     > > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/telinit 5
>     > > [root@dev bin]# /sbin/runlevel
>     > > 3 5
>     > > [root@dev bin]# free
>     > > total used free shared buffers cached
>     > > Mem: 385772 312956 72816 0 71024 176468
>     > > -/+ buffers/cache: 65464 320308
>     > > Swap: 666688 88 666600
>     > > [root@dev bin]#

>     > >
>     > > - - - - - - - -

>     > >
>     > > Looks like only 14M diff.

>     > >
>     > > runlevel 3 kills samba, mysql and httpd also. I would think
>     > that would
>     > > be worth a little also.

>     > >
>     > > - - - - - - -

>     > >
>     > > I would be interested in changing runlevel 3 to start samba,
>     > mysql, and
>     > > httpd. These are the ones I use all day.

>     >
>     > If you're running a RH-based distro, you can use the chkconfig
>     > command to
>     > change this, e.g.:
>     > # chkconfig --level 235 samba on

>     >
>     > man chkconfig

>     >
>     > I'm not sure how to do this on debian boxen.

>     >
>     > > This has been most informative and interesting!

>     > >
>     > > Thnaks for your help,
>     > > Keith

>     > >

>     > >