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schwim

#! Die Hard

From: Interweb's #1 Devotee

Registered: 2012-10-11

Posts: 512

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Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

Hi there everyone!

Three quick questions:

1) What's the best method of determining the necessity of a running process?

2) How do I ensure it doesn't start up(for instance, bluetooth)?

3) is pstree really showing everything?  I see the plugin container for iceweasel, but don't see the browser itself in this list.

schwim@schwim-lt-cb11:~$ pstree
init─┬─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
     │                └─2*[{NetworkManager}]
     ├─accounts-daemon───{accounts-daemon}
     ├─apache2───5*[apache2]
     ├─at-spi-bus-laun───2*[{at-spi-bus-laun}]
     ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
     ├─bluetoothd
     ├─2*[cb-compositor───inotifywait]
     ├─colord───{colord}
     ├─colord-sane───2*[{colord-sane}]
     ├─compton
     ├─conky───4*[{conky}]
     ├─console-kit-dae───64*[{console-kit-dae}]
     ├─cron
     ├─cupsd
     ├─2*[dbus-daemon]
     ├─dbus-launch
     ├─gconfd-2
     ├─gdm3─┬─gdm-simple-slav─┬─Xorg
     │      │                 ├─gdm-session-wor─┬─openbox─┬─/usr/bin/termin─┬─bash───pstree
     │      │                 │                 │         │                 ├─gnome-pty-helpe
     │      │                 │                 │         │                 └─{/usr/bin/termin}
     │      │                 │                 │         ├─ssh-agent
     │      │                 │                 │         └─xulrunner-stub─┬─plugin-containe───2*[{plugin-containe}]
     │      │                 │                 │                          └─26*[{xulrunner-stub}]
     │      │                 │                 └─2*[{gdm-session-wor}]
     │      │                 └─{gdm-simple-slav}
     │      └─{gdm3}
     ├─6*[getty]
     ├─gnome-keyring-d───7*[{gnome-keyring-d}]
     ├─gvfsd
     ├─libvirtd───10*[{libvirtd}]
     ├─menu-cached
     ├─minissdpd
     ├─modem-manager
     ├─2*[mount.ntfs]
     ├─mysqld_safe─┬─logger
     │             └─mysqld───16*[{mysqld}]
     ├─nm-applet───{nm-applet}
     ├─ntpd
     ├─pnmixer───{pnmixer}
     ├─polkitd───{polkitd}
     ├─pulseaudio───3*[{pulseaudio}]
     ├─rsyslogd───3*[{rsyslogd}]
     ├─rtkit-daemon───2*[{rtkit-daemon}]
     ├─system-config-p
     ├─thunar
     ├─tint2
     ├─udevd───2*[udevd]
     ├─udisks-daemon─┬─udisks-daemon
     │               └─2*[{udisks-daemon}]
     ├─upowerd───2*[{upowerd}]
     ├─winbindd───winbindd
     ├─wpa_supplicant
     ├─xfce4-power-man───{xfce4-power-man}
     ├─xfce4-volumed───6*[{xfce4-volumed}]
     ├─xfconfd
     └─xscreensaver

dura

Bloated Gimp

From: interzone

Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,080

Re: Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

You read the words off my lips. rcconf is a good start I think, but I'm as clueless as you

VastOne

#! Ranger

From: #! Fringe Division

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 9,719

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Re: Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

I use bum... aka Boot Up Manager... it is well defined with explanations with what is needed or not and of course you can google what is not clear.

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rizzo

#! wanderer

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Registered: 2008-11-25

Posts: 5,108

Re: Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

I double that bum. It does a nice job

CBizgreat!

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2011-07-27

Posts: 1,271

Re: Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

I triple ... what everyone else already said/typed.

Try both ... I mainly use bum but have both installed. Figuring it out ... which daemons-services I mean. Seems to be a bit tougher, hit up the forum search bar, it's been discussed in the forums, experiment ... Google a bit imo anyway. Some you obviously don't need or use ... Bluetooth, if you don't use bluetooth devices n so forth.

Vll !

Last edited by CBizgreat! (2012-10-29 21:54:05)

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Some common cbiz abbreviations. This will save me time and yet @ same time tell folks what the babble is supposed to mean.

Vll ! = ( Viva la gnu/Linux !)    Vl#!! = ( Viva la #! !)    Last but not least, UD ... OD ! = ( Use Debian ... or die !)

dura

Bloated Gimp

From: interzone

Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,080

Re: Finding, killing and preventing the running of unneeded processes

bum is good! thanks