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

Emil Payne wrote:
> Which of these can I safely get rid of and how can I prevent them
> from automatically starting?

Among other things you appear to have NFS server installed and running
and Apache web server installed and running. Do you use your machine
as a network file server? As a web server? Those two seem the most
likely candidates for removal if you are trying to trim down your system.

# apt-get remove nfs-kernel-server

# apt-get remove apache2

# apt-get autoremove

If the packages are removed then they will no longer start.

Bob