Startup services

[Bill Stanley]

On 08/19/2013 01:11 PM, staticsafe wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:47:12AM -0400, Bill Stanley wrote:
>> HI,
>>
>> I recently did an upgrade and I am getting slow boot up times caused
>> by some problems with the services that are run at startup (boot).
>> One of the services is modem-manager which hangs for a while (about
>> 30 seconds) during boot, probably waiting for something to start.
>> The name implies that it manages the modem.  If this is the case, I
>> can see the problem because I don't have a modem.  Do I need it and
>> if not, how and where do I disable this service?
>>
>> Another service that is unneeded is the Bluetooth service since I do
>> not have any Bluetooth devices.   Do I need it and if not how and
>> where can I disable it?
>>
>> Another possible unneeded service might be the saned service.   I do
>> operate a scanner and I use Xsaned.  Reading the documentation on
>> saned gives me the impression that it is needed foe network access
>> to the scanner.  Since I never access the scanner via the network,
>> is it needed by Xsaned?  If I don't need it, how and where do I
>> disable it?
> See - http://askubuntu.com/a/19324
WS=> I guess the title of the email is confusing.   I really want to be 
able to disable services loaded at boot time.  I already know how do 
disable startup services that are in the Startup app GUI. Saned, 
Buletooth, and modem-manager seem to be loaded at boot time and are not 
listed in the GUI.   Modem-manager in particular is problematic because 
it slows the boot time and also interferes with the shutdown.   My 
computer seems to operate correctly but maybe the modem-manager is 
causing problems at run time that I am unaware of.