slimming down zorin lite

Hi,

I think I have an awful lot of modules loaded upon boot, and I suspect I don't need most of them. here is a selection of those I am not sure about. If you spot one I should keep going, tell me. I'd like to blacklist the rest.


michael_mic 12540 4
arc4 12536 2
zram 18032 1
binfmt_misc 13140 1
dm_multipath 22402 0
scsi_dh 14458 1 dm_multipath
r852 17722 0
sm_common 16772 1 r852
pcmcia 51828 0
nand 58760 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ecc 13136 1 nand
serio_raw 13230 0
nand_bch 13067 1 nand
bch 17197 1 nand_bch
lpc_ich 16864 0
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
yenta_socket 40201 0
r592 17711 0
mtd 52813 2 nand,sm_common
pcmcia_rsrc 18319 1 yenta_socket
memstick 16174 1 r592
pcmcia_core 22328 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
asus_laptop 23897 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 asus_laptop
input_polldev 13648 1 asus_laptop
mac_hid 13037 0
dm_mirror 21756 0
dm_region_hash 20121 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18072 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
hid_generic 12492 0
usbhid 47070 0
hid 87604 2 hid_generic,usbhid
firewire_ohci 35529 0
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
firewire_core 61867 1 firewire_ohci
psmouse 91357 0
sdhci_pci 18535 0
sdhci 37779 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core

I don't use:
firewire, sd card reader, printer, mouse, microphone,...

thanks!

Hi, you have to remember that a lot of stuff now resides in the GNU/Linux Kernel for hardware drivers so 'blacklisting' is the way to do it from what I can gather:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1807422

And as for services at startup:

1. open a terminal (Menu | Accessories | Terminal or Ctrl+ Alt+ T) and enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bum

2. After install, with the terminal left open enter:

Code:

bum

[You will be asked to run as root and enter your password in a separate window]

Then go to 'Services' Tab, click on Advanced, select the service to 'stop and apply now' to prevent running at reboot.

Acknowldegements to: howtechpc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWy66XkDmU

bum is useless. doesn't show almost any services running. And of those it shows (e.g. cups) it isn't able to shutdown the process when I click stop now. It returns the message 'service stopped' but doesn't actually do anything and the lightbulb icon remains on.

blacklisting works partially. some of the modules I blacklisted no longer load (that's good) while other keep loading on every boot despite being blacklisted (not good).

any other tool out there to trim the running processes? thanks

I agree, - all I could find most appropriate to your followup:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/2194/how ... erformance