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does screensaver hurt performance?

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Name: dan
Date: May 14, 2002 at 07:41:59 Pacific
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I have a web site running on apache/redhat 7.2, and I keep KDE up with that cool matrix screen saver going. Is that slowing things down?



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Name: Jake
Date: May 14, 2002 at 09:56:45 Pacific
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Check top to see what its CPU usage is. If all you want is a server, shut down X and use runlevel 3.


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Name: dan
Date: May 14, 2002 at 10:48:20 Pacific
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top to check the performance of a screensaver... kind of like checking if the light is out when the firdge door is shut.


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Name: Johnny Bobby
Date: May 14, 2002 at 12:36:50 Pacific
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If were you, I would just turn of the monitor while running the server. I don't know if the screensaver slows your server down, but having your monitor off definetly doesn't slow it down...


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Response Number 4
Name: Jake
Date: May 15, 2002 at 01:39:19 Pacific
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dan,
ssh into the box an check top (or use telnet if you don't care about security). The screen saver would probably also still start if you're a different user on a virtual terminal.


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