Is it possible to make Fedora load faster?

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

David Zeuthen wrote:

>I'm not sure that tricks like runlevel 4 is the way to go. For the FC5
>timeframe we'll probably integrate something like this project
>
> http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/
>
>which is under development. But there's some work left to get it right
>for the system-wide case.
>

sounds good :-)


1;
could it manage services like pcmcia, isdn, networking, vncserver, gpm, 
httpd, mysql, ntop, webmin, usermin, ... ?
would it work if i boot in runlevel 3 ?


2;
why not 2 possibilites for  running on battery / mobile users / outdoor 
work / ...
  runlevel 4  =  kill / do_not_start unnecessary services
  gnome-power-manager  =  application control under X11


3;
imho runlevel 4 could be a good choice .
full multiuser, tty  <  run on battery, tty|X11 <  full multiuser, X11
3  <  4  (switch 3->4 no X11,  5->4 X11 )  <  5
$ man runlevel
-- find the current and previous system runlevel
$ /sbin/runlevel
5 4
$ /sbin/runlevel
3 4


eg. apcupsd send an email if the UPS goes on batteries or the main is back.
i guess that modifications could be simple.
send an email, sleep a short time, switch to runlevel 4

--------
$ cat /etc/apcupsd/onbattery /etc/apcupsd/mainsback
#!/bin/sh
#
# This shell script if placed in /etc/apcupsd
# will be called by /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol when the UPS
# goes on batteries.
# We send an email message to root to notify him.
#
SYSADMIN=root
APCUPSD_MAIL="/bin/mail"

HOSTNAME=`hostname`
MSG="$HOSTNAME Power Failure !!!"
#
(
   echo "Subject: $MSG"
   echo " "
   echo "$MSG"
   echo " "
   /sbin/apcaccess status
) | $APCUPSD_MAIL -s "$MSG" $SYSADMIN
exit 0

#!/bin/sh
#
# This shell script if placed in /etc/apcupsd
# will be called by /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol when the
# UPS goes back on to the mains after a power failure.
# We send an email message to root to notify him.
#
SYSADMIN=root
APCUPSD_MAIL="/bin/mail"

HOSTNAME=`hostname`
MSG="$HOSTNAME Power has returned"
#
(
   echo "Subject: $MSG"
   echo " "
   echo "$MSG"
   echo " "
   /sbin/apcaccess status
) | $APCUPSD_MAIL -s "$MSG" $SYSADMIN
exit 0
----/----


-- 
shrek-m