Services

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 sound, etc. Sometimes, services are called daemons. Following is a list of services typically found in your tablet:

Service Name Service Function
af-base-apps Application framework.
af-services Application framework.
af-startup Application framework.
alarmd Alarm dispatcher.
avahi-daemon  ???
avahi-dnsconfd  ???
bluez-utils Bluetooth tools.
brightness-permission  ???
btcond Bluetooth connectivity.
carmand Carman background process.
dbus D-Bus message bus.
dnsmasq DNS proxy and DHCP server.
dsp-init DSP loader.
esd Enlightenment sound daemon.
gpsdriver GPS driver.
hal  ???
hildon-application-manager  ???
hildon-desktop Hildon desktop.
hulda Kernel events proxy.
icd2  ???
ke-recv Kernel events proxy.
libgpsbt GPS device pairing.
maemo-launcher Application launcher.
mce Machine control entity.
mediaplayer-daemon Mediaplayer engine.
metalayer-crawler0 Metalayer crawler.
multimediad Multimedia daemon.
obexsrv OBEX server.
osso-ipv6  ???
osso-systemui System user interface.
osso-systemui-early System user interface.
python-launcher  ???
rich-core  ???
ssh Secure shell server.
suplistenerd  ???
tablet-browser-daemon  ???
wide-dhcpv6-client  ???
wlancond WLAN connectivity.
x-server X11 server.