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 1N6v4J-0000hm-OZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:51:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 476A2E09F2; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3DF3E09F2 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:51:41 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,701,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="147062518" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 07 Nov 2009 23:51:41 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE04128A3 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:51:37 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200911071232.55583.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:51:36 +0000 References: <39CFC182-B039-4D26-9880-DC26485DF8F2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911071101.33605.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <4069D6F8-BC81-40CC-8E8E-90347EE81C07@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911071232.55583.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: e3df67f5-f63f-4bca-92bb-fe689be5ede5 X-Archives-Hash: 629dea70f7635844b47b3320e296d9da 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=y > > 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.