I've been using Linux for some time now, but I haven't felt like I needed to mess with the services that start up yet. I love Mepis, but there are several things that I feel I don't need starting up. I have several instances of apache2 and don't feel I need that; also soffice.bin is quite a drain on resources and it isn't something I'm going to use every day, so I don't mind waiting for it to load when I actually need it. There are probably multiple ways to do this, but I'm wondering if anyone knows the best, most elegant way to stop services at start up in Mepis. Would it be the addition of some lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local? Or is there some sort of GUI based way to adjust this that I haven't found and would be better to use. Thanks.

springshades, there is info at mepislovers wiki click here

hope this helps

Thanks for the link. It's definitely useful information.

I'm sorry to bug you further, do you happen to know exactly what this command does?

update-rc.d -f apache2 remove

It sounds like this might actually remove the init script. I'm looking for the most elegant way to do this, the easiest way to do it without breaking anything or being unable to reverse the process. If I can simply add a line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local, or if I can comment out a line in an earlier script, or if I can just remove the execution priveledges of one of the files, then it seems like something I could easily reenable in case I need it later. Sorry, like I said this isn't an area that I have a ton of understanding in as most of the services that start are ones that I don't mind.

I'm wondering if it is something I could reverse easily just by doing something like:

update-rc.d apache2 start

or whether that wouldn't be enough.

apt-get install bum. in your kde menu it will named boot-up manger

Thanks, I'll try out bum and see if it does what I need.

aptget Ksysv and it will open a gui that will allow you to drag and drop services you don't need right now. When you decide you need them then you can drag them back so they startup at boot. It doesn't get any easier than this. Good Luck, Woob