How to disable startup programs

imagine_me2 · 11-01-2009, 04:02 PM

how do i disable startup programs in fedora 11.
actually pulseaudio sound system starts up every time i log in. It interferes with the vlc media player running on wine 1.1.13(compiled from source). i killed the pulse audio process, and every thing works fine, but i have to do it every time i log in

vijay_babu1981 · 11-01-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by imagine_me2

how do i disable startup programs in fedora 11.
actually pulseaudio sound system starts up every time i log in. It interferes with the vlc media player running on wine 1.1.13(compiled from source). i killed the pulse audio process, and every thing works fine, but i have to do it every time i log in

I think following should work. Something like:

System->Preferences->Sessions->Startup Programs

Uncheck the Pulse Audio. Hopefully next time it will not start.

imagine_me2 · 11-02-2009, 01:19 AM

thanks. it worked. one more thing , there are so many processes in startup how do which of them are safe to disable, so that i can free up some memory

vijay_babu1981 · 11-02-2009, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by imagine_me2

thanks. it worked. one more thing , there are so many processes in startup how do which of them are safe to disable, so that i can free up some memory

Firstly I think you should not worry about disabling them to free memory if you have sufficient memory (1GB or higher).

If you really want to disable, I think you can disable all of them (one by one) and see what happens. I dont think they will screw your system badly. Only some things will stop working. You will be able to recover (i.e. start them again).

(Disclaimer: I have not done this before so dont believe in my suggestion without caution)

jmc1987 · 11-02-2009, 04:28 AM

google the startup program see what you get. If you need it keep it if not disable it