On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > My start up after login is really slow, > > seems like tonnes of apps are all starting up. Including beagle, which does > it standard indexing. > > Is there a way that i can find and stop unnecessary apps from starting at > login time > > I tried to check system->preferrences -> start up app preferences > > and made some changes there but am afraid to make more changes in case > something happens to the system and it breaks (normally i would have risked > it but my work is "mission critical and cannot afford to have my machine go > down just yet even for a short while) > > Second - some apps - seem to make themselves permanently resident in the > system tray even though i don't want them there - like rythm box, ktimer > etc. Some of them can be configured to not appear on the system tray but > others don't have any option. > > So any ideas on what i can do to > 1. Stop such apps at start up > 2. Stop apps from coming on the system tray without my specifying > 3. Optimize login speed
You could try "profiling" to make your boot faster. I read about it here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/ (point no. 10) > would appreciate advise, tips and ideas > > thanks > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- Ashutosh Rishi Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
