I know there are a bunch of things that load automatically and many are
necessary and others that do I want to run, but I know that there are
things that automatically start that I don't want or need.
Which of these can I safely get rid of and how can I prevent them from
automatically starting?
I am a home user with a standard desktop , using a wired router for the
internet (my Linux and his Windows) and a printer, and a usb 1Tb drive.
Do you need other info other than using Squeeze (I believe)?
The following was done in a terminal:
root@babylon/home/user# ps -e >ps-e.txt
and the output file:
PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 migration/1
7 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
8 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1
9 ? 00:00:00 events/0
10 ? 00:00:00 events/1
11 ? 00:00:00 cpuset
12 ? 00:00:00 khelper
13 ? 00:00:00 netns
14 ? 00:00:00 async/mgr
15 ? 00:00:00 pm
16 ? 00:00:00 sync_supers
17 ? 00:00:00 bdi-default
18 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
19 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/1
20 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
21 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1
22 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
23 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
24 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_hotplug
25 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
28 ? 00:00:01 kondemand/0
29 ? 00:00:01 kondemand/1
30 ? 00:00:00 khungtaskd
31 ? 00:00:01 kswapd0
32 ? 00:00:00 ksmd
33 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
34 ? 00:00:00 aio/1
35 ? 00:00:00 crypto/0
36 ? 00:00:00 crypto/1
243 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
244 ? 00:00:00 khubd
245 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
246 ? 00:00:00 ata/1
247 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
248 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
249 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
253 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
254 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
256 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
258 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
275 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_6
276 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
278 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_7
279 ? 00:00:02 usb-storage
281 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_8
282 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
319 ? 00:00:00 kstriped
329 ? 00:00:00 flush-8:0
330 ? 00:00:00 jbd2/sda6-8
331 ? 00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
332 ? 00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
389 ? 00:00:03 kauditd
411 ? 00:00:00 udevd
572 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth #ok
573 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
574 ? 00:00:00 nouveau/0
575 ? 00:00:00 nouveau/1
600 ? 00:00:00 ttm_swap
796 ? 00:00:00 hd-audio0
1015 ? 00:00:01 mount.ntfs
1130 ? 00:00:00 portmap
1143 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd
1309 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
1360 ? 00:00:06 LCDd
1368 ? 00:00:00 atd
1407 ? 00:00:00 kerneloops
1416 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
1434 ? 00:00:00 ntpd
1443 ? 00:00:00 cron
1468 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/0
1471 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
1475 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/1
1482 ? 00:00:00 hald
1485 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
1488 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd #ok
1491 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
1494 ? 00:00:00 modem-manager
1504 ? 00:00:00 kconservative/0
1506 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
1507 ? 00:00:00 kconservative/1
1509 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
1514 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
1516 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
1534 ? 00:00:00 dhclient
1537 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
1570 ? 00:00:00 lockd
1576 ? 00:00:00 nfsd4
1577 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1578 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1579 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1580 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1581 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1582 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1583 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1584 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
1591 ? 00:00:00 rpc.mountd
1601 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
1602 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-rfki
1620 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
1621 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
1624 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1628 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1629 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1636 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1637 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1638 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1639 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1640 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1641 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
1646 ? 00:00:01 postgres
1661 ? 00:00:00 postgres
1662 ? 00:00:00 postgres
1663 ? 00:00:00 postgres
1664 ? 00:00:00 postgres
1718 ? 00:00:00 udevd
1719 ? 00:00:00 udevd
1724 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
1740 ? 00:00:00 gdm3
1757 ? 00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
1764 tty7 00:00:35 Xorg
1782 ? 00:00:00 smbd
1792 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
1799 ? 00:00:00 winbindd
1801 tty1 00:00:00 getty
1802 tty2 00:00:00 getty #get rid of
1803 tty3 00:00:00 getty #get rid of
1804 tty4 00:00:00 getty #get rid of
1805 tty5 00:00:00 getty #get rid of
1806 tty6 00:00:00 getty
1816 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
1817 ? 00:00:00 smbd
1920 ? 00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
1935 ? 00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
1936 ? 00:00:00 polkitd
1942 ? 00:00:00 upowerd
2063 ? 00:00:00 nmbd
2087 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
2467 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
2470 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
2471 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
2481 ? 00:00:00 seahorse-agent
2484 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
2487 ? 00:00:01 gconfd-2
2494 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
2496 ? 00:00:01 gnome-settings-
2499 ? 00:00:04 metacity
2501 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
2503 ? 00:00:00 udisks-daemon
2504 ? 00:00:11 gnome-panel
2505 ? 00:00:03 udisks-daemon
2509 ? 00:00:09 nautilus
2511 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
2513 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-afc-volume
2516 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
2518 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple # ok
2519 ? 00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
2520 ? 00:00:00 blueman-applet # ok
2522 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-co
2524 ? 00:02:17 thunderbird-bin # ok
2527 ? 00:00:33 firefox #ok
2530 ? 00:00:01 gnome-terminal
2535 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
2538 ? 00:00:00 gnome-user-shar
2541 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
2552 ? 00:00:00 gdu-notificatio
2555 ? 00:00:00 kerneloops-appl
2557 ? 00:00:09 main-menu
2562 ? 00:00:00 pulseaudio
2572 ? 00:00:00 apache2
2578 ? 00:00:00 apache2
2579 ? 00:00:00 apache2
2586 ? 00:00:00 obex-data-serve
2614 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
2620 ? 00:00:00 gweather-applet #ok
2623 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
2624 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
2651 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
2661 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-computer
2669 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
2763 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-metadata
2866 ? 00:00:00 notification-da
2923 ? 00:00:15 gedit # ok
28299 pts/0 00:00:00 su
28309 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
28310 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
