Hi,

I am using BOSS Linux(bosslinux.in), its an Indian Linux Distribution based on Debian.

I see a lot of programs that i dont use being started at boot time, stuff like bluetooth, stuff for printing(i dont use a printer). I was wondering if I could turn not have these start @ bootup, I'll just start them up after bootup if I need them.

For instance i have apache2 running by default each time i bootup my PC, there must be a way to have not come up by default.

To draw an analogy from windows what i am trying to do is something like using Spybot or msconfig or any other program to control which programs come up at startup.

Srry if this sounds 'n00b'ish but it would be gr8 if someone could list the programs that absolutely must be running for me to be able to use the system? I run a Gnome desktop, do programming(C/C++ - college), play mp3s, browse the web.

Thanks & God Bless

In Gnome:

System>Admininstration>Services

You must have root access - edit and save *for each runlevel*; if you're unaware what the service does, be sure to google, then ask here for more help, if necessary.

Also, from the cli:

(as root) # chkconfig <service name> off

man chkconfig.

again, use with care.

cheers,

I am not familar with BOSS but with most distros you can open a console and type :
ntsysv

Scroll through the list and use the spacebar to select/de-select the startup services.

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addition to that;
the command "chkconfig -l " will give a list of the services.

I did System>Administration>Services - unchecked the stuff I didn't want running, it didn't have an option for saving it for all run levels though, but it worked so I guess I an good 4 now
it seems chkconfig doesn't work on Debian/Derived distributions

ntsysv too doesn't seem to exist on Debian.

thanks for helping out people