<?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 id="kded" lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <title>Service Manager</title> <authorgroup> <author><personname><firstname>Burkhard</firstname><surname>Lück</surname></personname> <email>lueck@hube-lueck.de</email> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2013-12-05</date> <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.12</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Systemsettings</keyword> <keyword>Service</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para> The <guilabel>Service Manager</guilabel> module allows you to have an overview of all plugins of the &kde; Daemon, also referred to as &kde; Services. Generally, there are two types of service:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Load-on-Demand Services</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> This is a list of available &kde; services which 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 &kde; services that can be loaded on &kde; startup. Services checked in the <guilabel>Use</guilabel> column will be invoked on next startup.</para> <para>Be careful with deactivation of unknown services: some services are vital for &kde;; do not deactivate services if you do not know what you are doing. </para> <para>To change the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> of a service, select it in the list. Then you can 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> </article>