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Try sysvconfig. It has all the functionality of rcconf (and more). :)
<Burns>Exxxxcellent.</Burns>
Thanks!
Interestingly, I see that both discover and hotplug are listed there (though they are both "inactive" -- not automatically started up at boot-time). kudzu -- although also installed on my system -- is not even listed. Weird, no?
Are discover, hotplug, and kudzu related? How? {off to read some more man pages...}.
My Gnome's Applications ==> System Tools ==> Services is gone after installing sysvconfig. Is there any way i could get it back?
Apparently gnome-system-tools and sysvconfig somehow conflict with each other. If you prefer to manage services via gnome-system-tools, you can try to first remove both programs entirely and then make a fresh install of gnome-system-tools:
#debfoster
keep what you want, sometimes after you purge, still there are other libraries pertaining to the app removed, which are left behind. Example: emacsen, after removing emacs21. If you make a mistake press 'u', to change your selection. Do not get rid of libraries you don't what they are, leave them there, deborphan will give you a list of the obsolete ones.
#deborphan
it gives you a list of 'orphaned' libs, to get rid of them:
choose only your locales, choose your locale environment, say 'no' to localized man pages, and 'no' to new locales. It should save you 40-50 MB right there.
Still, like Dead Parrot says, fire up mc, and delete stuff like hidden files, you don't need. Example: i don't use gnome, so i nuke gconf, gnome2, etcI usually do it this way:
Excellent advices, macondo. When you update your "Debian Post-Install Howto" http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=259 , there's absolutely no need at all to refer to my sporadic comments. You know this stuff better than I do.
where 'x' is the letter of the hd in question. For example, if you only got one hd, then it's 'hda', if you got a slave one, then it will probably be 'hdd' or whatever, make sure you know what your second one is, if you're going to install grub on it.
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