Hi guys, Recently one of the harddrives on my main Debian v7 backup server failed due to multiple power failures where I live. The power failures and spikes also fried the UPS's connected to the server.
Along with the Debian v7 backup server I have smb servers (x4) running Debian v3 (why fix it if it ain't broken ;) ) 2x proftpd servers running Debian v3 ;) one Apache,Squid3 server on Debian v7. I bought a new harddrive and installed Debian v8 on it (which I regret). Nothing in Debian v8 seems to work together. After removing/purging all traces of bloatware (gnome/KDE etc etc) from the default install I configured and setup all necessary servers/daemons and stuff I need to re-instate the server to it's former glory. My problem is this though: hostapd used to work flawlessly on Debian v7 but now it does'nt. It complains that it cannot load the nl80211 driver (I know that the nl80211 driver is referenced by cfg80211/mac80211 which comes up on lsmod). But still, hostapd cannot load the driver. I removed ALL references/files/configs to wicd/Network-Manager and seemingly other files that could interfere with hostapd or that can prevent hostapd from bringing up wlan0. However, when I peeked into rc0/1/2/3/4/5/6.d (in an attempt to see what startups could possibly interfere) I was astounded at the amount of crap that is started up by Debian v8. (Devuan looks better day by day ;) ) Now, before I ditch my beloved Debian (hello Devuan or [INSERT OTHER DISTRIBUTION HERE]) could someone for the love of doughnuts and beef jerky tell me which services/daemons/crap I can disable ... PLEASE!!!! ... I am too scared to randonly disable stuff for fear of a Drone Strike as punishment for my insubordination and refusal to accept SystemD ... ;( Can I disable the user.slice stuff? acpid.path/service/socket avahi (which I disable but miraculously re-appears) bootmisc.sh dbus.* emergency.* hibernate.* all the mount.this and mount.that stuff? network.omline network.target network.pre-target remote.* rescue.* And finally ... how do I disable SystemD at boot and if that cannot be done maybe something simpler ... how do I disable Debian v8 at boot??? Any ideas??? I want my Debian Back the way it Was !!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a nice day ... Danny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150609084425.GA15260@fever.havannah.local