Unneeded processes

Alain De Vos

Alain De Vos

I did,
Code: 
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/at-spi-bus-launcher
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/at-spi2-registryd
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfsd
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/bin/speech-dispatcher
And everything continues to work fine. So they do not perform an essential functionality...
 
or do various ps commands and see if any of them are actually running.
gvfsd is a virtual filesystem daemon used by a number of applications.

I would be more inclined to do pkg commands and see what package they belong to and see if you can delete the packages.
 
I somehow get the feeling that Alain De Vos is trying to get his system into a state that demands a clean reinstall...
The experience I made with that is that it behaves like a Toyota pickup, most iconically playing a part in Top Gear : Killing a Toyota.
 
Without gvfs, in many file managers (thunar, pcmanfm-qt, etc.) you will miss the trash feature and have only direct deletion possible.
 
Alain De Vos said:
Only nautilus has option GVFS on by default.
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As far as I know this is only to make it compatible with Gnome. If you don't need that, turn the option off. This will get rid of an entire chain of dependencies.
 
IIRC it also serves "automounting", ftp:// locations, zip files to folders, ... whatever you may want as a file manager playground but would need to reimplement over and over again.
 
Crivens said:
IIRC it also serves "automounting", ftp:// locations, zip files to folders, ... whatever you may want as a file manager playground but would need to reimplement over and over again.
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Yep, it does do that too. That's one of the things I've always detested about file manager type things. Loss of control. It's really not that hard to configure fstab to be able to mount USB drives. automounting drives me up a wall.
But that's all my opinion.
 
Alain De Vos said:
I did,
Code: 
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/at-spi-bus-launcher
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/at-spi2-registryd
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfsd
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/libexec/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
chmod 000 /usr/local/bin/speech-dispatcher
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To save time? Free up RAM usage? Diskspace?

Alain De Vos said:
And everything continues to work fine. So they do not perform an essential functionality...
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Suggested project: write a program to calculate how many microseconds you have saved, compared to how many microseconds you've spent in the saving.

<&^}=
 
Knowing what is installed and why is never a bad thing. It is one of the best reasons to build everything from source but you have to commit to configuring everything you use and checking that still have the functionality you need.
Prebuilt packages, config options tend to be set for 90% of people using it. Some folks don't need all the default options, some actually need more than the default.
Bigger packages like Desktop Environments typically come configured with more things than most people actually use.
 
Alain De Vos said:
Just to make my setup small&lean.
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Then you should turn the option off. You're not making anything smaller or leaner by chmod'ing a bunch of files.

Add to your make.conf:
Code: 
x11-fm_nautilus_UNSET= GVFS

You make your system smaller and leaner by disabling options you don't need. That will cut down the number of dependencies and thus make the install footprint smaller.
 
Alain De Vos said:
Reason is not cpu nor memory usage. Just to make my setup small&lean. I find aesthetic-al beauty in smallness.
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I can appreciate that. I used to spend days figuring out how to save a few seconds, albeit in private.

Sorry Alain; my dig was a bit snarky, and unhelpful.
 
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