Re: [orca-list] Do I always need a graphical server/interface?

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Rusty,

I think Luke's suggestion of stopping unneeded services is the best
one I've heard so far. Based on what I read in a prior post of your
system specs it is plenty of power for Ubuntu 13.04, and I'm running
it on less resources and not having that big an issue with resources.
Obviously, you are running some background processes/services that are
interferring with your audio editing etc.

As far as GDM goes Ubuntu doesn't use GDM by default. It uses LightDM
unless you installed and configured GDM to be your default display
manager. So before disabling the graphical login you might want to
find out if you are running GDM or LightDM. :D

On 6/26/13, Rusty Perez <rustys lists gmail com> wrote:
> Well, I can see that my novice question and omission of data have
> sparked a discussion!
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 13.4.
> I think I like Luke's  suggestion of stopping certain services when
> I'm working with audio, and possibly stopping gdm as well.
> The audio tools I am learning to use, nama/ecasound, and other command
> line tools, don't rely on graphics.
>
> Thanks all for your suggestions, and info.
> If you think of something directly relating to ubuntu, please send it
> along!
>
> Rusty
>
>
>
> On 6/25/13, Jason White <jason jasonjgw net> wrote:
> > Tony Baechler <tony baechler net> wrote:
> > > First, I wouldn't say "everybody" is moving towards systemd.  For one
> > > thing, it requires a lot more resources than the other init systems,
> > > specifically DBus which makes it unsuitable for small systems with low
> > > power and memory.  I'm thinking of ARM in particular.  The only
> > > "everybody" I know of who has for sure switched to systemd and/or
> > > intends
> > > to do so permanently is Fedora and Red Hat.  I must confess that I don't
> > > follow most other distributions except Debian and Ubuntu, so I don't
> > > know
> > > about Arch and Gentoo.
> >
> > Arch has already switched; OpenSUSE has either switched or is in
> > transition;
> > I
> > don't know about Gentoo; Debian offers it as an option and will probably
> > need
> > to continue to do so because GNOME is starting to depend on it.
> >
> > DBus is moving into the Linux kernel as well, which will make it faster
> > and
> > may have implications for AT-SPI and Orca. Apparently, the plan is to
> > submit
> > a
> > DBus module for inclusion in the mainline before the end of the year.
> >
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