<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title>Service Manager</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Burkhard</firstname><surname>Lück</surname> </author> <author>&tde-authors;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2009</year> <holder>Burkhard Lück</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> <holder>&tde-team;</holder> </copyright> <releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> <date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> <keywordset> <keyword>TDE</keyword> <keyword>KControl</keyword> <keyword>System Settings</keyword> <keyword>services</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="service-manager"> <title>Service Manager</title> <para> The <guilabel>Service Manager</guilabel> module allows you view all plugins of the &tde; Daemon, also referred to as &tde; Services. Generally, there are two types of services:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Load-on-Demand Services</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> This is a list of available &tde; services that will be started on demand. They are only listed for convenience, as you cannot manipulate these services. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Startup Services</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> This shows all &tde; services that can be loaded on &tde; startup. Services checked in the <guilabel>Use</guilabel> column will be launched the next &tde; startup.</para> <para>Be careful with deactivating unknown services as some services are vital for &tde;. Basically, do not deactivate services when you do not know what you are doing. </para> <para>Change the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> of a service by selecting the service in the list. Use the <guibutton>Start</guibutton> and <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> to change the status of a service from <guilabel>Not running</guilabel> to <guilabel>Running</guilabel> and vice versa. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> </article>