Running programs?

BajaNick · 07-05-2003, 01:54 PM

RH8, Kde, Opera7

My system seems to slow down the longer im on it and its really slow when i log on as a user, root is really fast, my question is How can i find out what programs and processes in linux i dont need running while logged in as a user? I am hoping that by shutting down some stuff i dont need it will run faster when logged in as a user. Thanks

angelrod · 07-05-2003, 01:57 PM

at shell execute:

'top'

You'll see the processes that are taking most of your cpu and memory resources

david_ross · 07-05-2003, 02:03 PM

You may also want to press "M" and "P" to sort by Memory usage and Processor usage. h takes you to help and q will quit.

BajaNick · 07-05-2003, 02:42 PM

Thanks for the info, One more question
How do i know what programs and processes are safe to stop running?
I dont want to shut down somthing critical and screw up my system.
thanks again

david_ross · 07-06-2003, 10:50 AM

Try typing the name into google and you can see what it does. The user that the proccess is running as also gives a clue. If it is just a user process then it is likely to just kill your session but if it is a root proccess then it may be a more critical process

BajaNick · 07-06-2003, 02:27 PM

yea, thats exactly what ive been doing but sometimes i cant find one or dont understand what the process does. ill be careful to avoid system processes. thanks

DavidPhillips · 07-06-2003, 08:16 PM

post the processes that are running by pasting it into your post, also give details of what the machine is used for.

also paste the output of this in your post

chkconfig --list

BajaNick · 07-07-2003, 06:30 PM

I just use it for home use, no server or anything like that i am the only user on it ever. If i post my processes you cant use them to attack my system can you ? im a linux noob i dont know much.

angelrod · 07-07-2003, 07:19 PM

Why would we want to attack you?? Anyway, we would need your IP (which we doesn't have, and no interested to have it) Just the administrators of this site could get it by checking logs but I don't think they're interested on hacking you.

Electro · 07-07-2003, 09:34 PM

In KDE, turn off all effects. Also move the slider to slow computer. This should speed up the system. You can use a lighter window environment. I heard Redhat is slow with KDE. You can try tweaking Redhat's kernel and other settings. Make sure you make a boot disk and it works.

BajaNick · 07-07-2003, 09:56 PM

I cant copy and paste it wont let me in the process window. oh well ill just try to find out what every program and process does and shut them down if i dont need them. thanks