On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:22 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 27.10.2008 um 20:11 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > > > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:09 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > >> Am 27.10.2008 um 18:13 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > >> > >>> 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. > >> > >> As I can plug in such a dongle at any time, where's the urgent need > >> to search for one at boot time? > >> > >> The solution in the bluetooth arena would probably to initialize the > >> mechanism, but to move the search for an actual device to the > >> background. > > > > Isn't that what it does? It just starts up the service that watches > > for > > a dongle. > > What's the OP complaining about, then? I must admit, I didn't do my > own benchmarks.
The presence of the services at all on a desktop machine that lacks the built-in hardware. -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo
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