Boot times,services and packages

Mackenzie Morgan macoafi at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 17:35:44 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 23:00 +0530, shirish wrote:
> Reply in-line :-
> 
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 22:43, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>        There are three services which on my system which just take
> >> cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe)
> >>
> >> a. nvidia-kernel (no nvidia card so useless)
> >> b. bluetooth (no support for bluetooth in the motherboard, so useless again)
> >> c. laptop-mode ( this is a desktop, although do have a UPS)
> >
> > I've asked about Bluetooth on a non-bluetooth mobo before, and it was
> > pointed out that since you can have a Bluetooth USB dongle, getting rid
> > of the computer's ability to notice that you plugged one in might not be
> > a good thing.
> 
> Hi Mackenzie,
>  Thank you for getting back to me on this. That's understandable,
> although very unlikely if I may say so. 

Not really...ever check in a computer store?  At least 3-5 models of
BT-USB dongles.

> In the same way I could
> understand about nvidia-kernel, but laptop-mode (laptop-mode-tools
> package) , any idea?

How do you expect the OS to tell the shape of the computer's case?

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
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