On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 01:27:18PM -0400, Dan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:04:52 -0400, Dan wrote: > > > >> I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > >> thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the service > >> from rc*.d > > > > I wondered the same in this thread: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg00424.html > > > > (that was a very interesting thread were people pointed out several ways > > to achieve the same goal) > > > >> For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link > >> /etc/rc3.d/S20bluetooth that points to ../init.d/bluetooth > >> > >> But then I used service manager from gnome to disable bluetooth. It > >> disabled the service but it didn't delete the link. So I guess that > >> there is a standard procedure to disable the service without deleting > >> the link. Which is that procedure? > > > > I finally disabled the service by issuing "update-rc.d service_name > > disable". Full story here: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg00505.html > > > > update-rc.d disable seems to be the best way. It renames the service > so that it starts with K instead with S. But I still do not know how > the gnome service manager is able to disable the service. It does not > make any change in the links in rc*.d and it does not make any change > in /etc/default/bluetooth > I have an Admin menu item called services that starts "services-admin," and X app that shows all the init.d services. Is this what you are referring to?
There is a check box list of services. However, if I right click on the listed service, I get a dialog box. There I can authenticate as root, then click on Status to change between start, stop and ignore, or Priority to edit the priotiry. This does edit the rc*.d links. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110409202854.GA2826@Deneb.office