I would like to understand the services at startup

[Member Wallon]

Hello,

I can’t find the documentation for the services started at antiX startup.

Why are there 8 columns in the terminal (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 6, S)? It’s strange that the “0” column is between columns 5 and 6!
I saw when antiX started up that it launched mode “S”. What are the other columns for?

Why isn’t the “connman” service checked in all columns? You still need an internet connection on a computer to update it!

I have disabled the bluetooth as I don’t use it. I don’t know if I can remove other services.

If I don’t encrypt my USB sticks, can I remove both cryptdisks and cryptdisk$ services?

Please help me to understand what is dangerous to delete and what can be deleted without breaking everything in antiX.

Best regards,
Wallon

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[Member iznit]

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hi, you can read the manpages for “inittab” and “telinit” as a starting point.

“sysv-rc-conf” seen in your screenshots also supplies a manpage.
Presentation order of the columns is decorative only. As I recall, it can also display additional columns (?10 max).

[[[ what is ]]] mode “S”
For details like this, I would like you to self-discover from the manpage, not read my possibly half-accurate descriptions, okay

If I don’t encrypt my USB sticks, can I remove both cryptdisks and cryptdisk$ services?
Those services are not “just only for” removable USB drives, eh?
If your system has no excrypted volumes, disactivating those will save approx six-tenths of a second during boot, with no other noticeable “benefit”.
By the way, crypdisks should also have a manual page. When learning, I recommend to follow the connected dots represented by items mentioned in the See Also section of each manpage you are reading.

Please help me to understand what is dangerous to delete…..
The [X] tickboxes seen in the screenshots, represent activating/deactivating not “deleting”.
Also, after reading the telinit [[[ and associated ]]] manpages, you will probably understand the term “in|appropriate” is more fitting than “dangerous” here.

Why isn’t the “connman” service checked in all columns?
Because it would be inappropriate [[[ undesirable ]]] for some runlevels

[Member blur13]

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I’ve messed about with that, disabeling services that take up a lot of memory (relatively speaking, we’re talking 1-2mb). So basically bluetooth and cups. I dont have bluetooth on my netbook and I never print.

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