From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N74j7-0006Qq-3q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:10:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A2EEE07B1; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59483E07B1 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07ED4BD2B7; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:10:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:10:27 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=mBZ2D1fY2Fuhx1YHKnFrsNno+LU=; b=AAeaEe99NP+3BcyT3shMLN4UjzgU17DU5/GVndcLCejoaN913/V3+JBbFN9z8Ec4/FlUMMWabJmTqcFPG2FEvIWncqDk0nARjpqlHoGEMQIPmIQsO+fBxZbq7H2VQ4X7Eau+RFCQjIVc8C97+md6khfcQJiaLOXAm5Nm1oPn4IY= X-Sasl-enc: O35C9jK/DApgrzhumdNhbUnt/vFMhJ5UgHoSFw/vDHxN 1257675025 Received: from [192.168.5.10] (lvps83-169-5-6.dedicated.hosteurope.de [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BC6C5619 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:10:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4AF6990B.8080207@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:10:19 +0100 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091003) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? References: <39CFC182-B039-4D26-9880-DC26485DF8F2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911071232.55583.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <200911080110.37891.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911080110.37891.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig56C78B6084DBCECAE212EB61" X-Archives-Salt: 8b6bf846-9916-4784-b6e5-0b7c91f316e4 X-Archives-Hash: 5dd5dbce1cebbff3d1a558c8a8201bba This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig56C78B6084DBCECAE212EB61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Volker Armin Hemmann schrieb: > On Sonntag 08 November 2009, Stroller wrote: >> On 7 Nov 2009, at 11:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>> ... >>>> I'd love to know what the name of the kernel module is so I can >>>> unload >>>> it: >>>> >>>> $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i pegasus >>>> CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS=3Dy >>> it is not a module, but compiled in. You have to rebuild your >>> kernel. And >>> probably decrapify your config a lot. >> Doh! I was fairly tired when I wrote that, sorry. >> >> I tend to just occasionally copy the kernel .config from that used on >> the latest Knoppix disk, and `make oldconfig` between times. I figure >> I don't know enough about the kernel that I'm likely to be able to >> select a better set of options than that, and learning what to change >> will surely not produce improvements worth the time expended. >> >> I would love a recommended "default" kernel .config - either for >> Gentoo or Linux in general, but based towards on "small server" use - >> but I'm not aware of anyone publishing one. I like the notion of a >> small, minimal and "sleek" kernel, but with lots of modules available >> to load as necessary, should I install a new PCI card. If anyone has >> any low-overhead suggestions, I would love to hear them. >> >> Stroller. >> >=20 > using a livecds kernel is probably the worst decision out there. >=20 > http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ >=20 > as you can see, you don't have to download it. >=20 [...] You could also simply emerge it: app-doc/linux-kernel-in-a-nutshell ;) --------------enig56C78B6084DBCECAE212EB61 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkr2mRAACgkQqs4uOUlOuU8segCeJs8Y5yj5KAsWF/35GOUtGrdH IbsAnA+K5476wIspEoHvwWo0sPQ6ocih =o0kX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig56C78B6084DBCECAE212EB61--