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- | + | '''Services''' are programs that run in background, invisible to the user, and do some useful work such as maintaining Internet connections, checking for email, playing sounds, etc. Sometimes, services are called daemons. To see the list of services currently running on your tablet, you can use the following: | |
- | + | * "ps", "top", or "htop" command line utilities. | |
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* ''CPU Load'' desktop applet (found in [[Extras]]). | * ''CPU Load'' desktop applet (found in [[Extras]]). | ||
* ''Services'' configuration applet (found in [[Extras]]). | * ''Services'' configuration applet (found in [[Extras]]). | ||
- | Just like any other program, a service can be killed with the | + | Just like any other program, a service can be killed with the "kill" command or the appropriate button in the ''CPU Load'' applet. To disable services, you can use the ''Services'' configuration applet. Be aware though that killing or disabling some services may seriously damage your system configuration. Avoid it unless you are ''absolutely'' sure you know what you are doing. |
- | == | + | == Services table == |
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
- | ! Service Name !! | + | ! Service Name !! 'Service Function |
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- | | | + | | af-base-apps |
- | | Application framework | + | | Application framework. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | af-services |
- | | Application framework | + | | Application framework. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | af-startup |
| Application framework. | | Application framework. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | alarmd |
- | | Alarm dispatcher | + | | Alarm dispatcher. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | avahi-daemon |
+ | | ??? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | avahi-dnsconfd | ||
+ | | ??? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | bluez-utils | ||
| Bluetooth tools. | | Bluetooth tools. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | brightness-permission |
+ | | ??? | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | btcond | ||
| Bluetooth connectivity. | | Bluetooth connectivity. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | carmand |
- | | | + | | Carman background process. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | dbus |
+ | | D-Bus message bus. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | dnsmasq | ||
| DNS proxy and DHCP server. | | DNS proxy and DHCP server. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | dsp-init |
| DSP loader. | | DSP loader. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | esd |
- | | | + | | Enlightenment sound daemon. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | gpsdriver |
- | | GPS driver | + | | GPS driver. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | hal |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | hildon-application-manager |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | hildon-desktop |
| Hildon desktop. | | Hildon desktop. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | hulda |
| Kernel events proxy. | | Kernel events proxy. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | icd2 |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | ke-recv |
| Kernel events proxy. | | Kernel events proxy. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | libgpsbt |
- | | | + | | GPS device pairing. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | maemo-launcher |
- | | | + | | Application launcher. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | mce |
| Machine control entity. | | Machine control entity. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | mediaplayer-daemon |
| Mediaplayer engine. | | Mediaplayer engine. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | metalayer-crawler0 |
| Metalayer crawler. | | Metalayer crawler. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | multimediad |
| Multimedia daemon. | | Multimedia daemon. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | obexsrv |
- | | OBEX server | + | | OBEX server. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | osso-ipv6 |
| ??? | | ??? | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | osso-systemui |
| System user interface. | | System user interface. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | osso-systemui-early |
| System user interface. | | System user interface. | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | python-launcher |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | rich-core |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | ssh |
- | | | + | | Secure shell server. |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | suplistenerd |
| ??? | | ??? | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | tablet-browser-daemon |
- | | | + | | ??? |
|- | |- | ||
- | | | + | | wide-dhcpv6-client |
- | + | | ??? | |
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- | | | + | | wlancond |
- | | | + | | WLAN connectivity. |
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- | | | + | | x-server |
- | + | | X11 server. | |
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|} | |} | ||
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