Re: Debian modules
Paul Cupis wrote:
Jim Popovitch wrote:
I've installed Debian Sarge on a few *servers*, and I see that the
default kernel loads many more modules than I need (snd_*, floppy,
vesafb, etc.) Is there a way to prevent Sarge from loading a bunch of
crap automatically?
Can you provide the output of 'dpkg -l' and/or a listing of the contents
of /etc/init.d, please?
Here's ls -1 /etc/init.d:
README
bind9
bootclean.sh
bootlogd
bootmisc.sh
checkfs.sh
checkroot.sh
console-screen.sh
cron
halt
hostname.sh
hwclock.sh
hwclockfirst.sh
ifupdown
ifupdown-clean
inetd
initrd-tools.sh
iptables
keymap.sh
klogd
makedev
module-init-tools
modutils
monit
mountall.sh
mountnfs.sh
mountvirtfs
networking
ntp-server
nullmailer
openvpn
procps.sh
rc
rcS
reboot
rmnologin
rsync
screen-cleanup
sendsigs
single
skeleton
smartmontools
ssh
stop-bootlogd
stunnel4
sysklogd
umountfs
umountnfs.sh
urandom
Here's dpkg -l:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-utils 0.5.28.6 APT utility programs
ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous files
ii base-passwd 3.5.9 Debian base system master password and
group
ii bash 2.05b-26 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
ii bc 1.06-15 The GNU bc arbitrary precision
calculator la
ii bind9 9.2.4-1 Internet Domain Name Server
ii bind9-host 9.2.4-1 Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
ii binutils 2.15-6 The GNU assembler, linker and binary
utiliti
ii bsdmainutils 6.0.17 collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
ii bsdutils 2.12p-4sarge1 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii bzip2 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file
compressor -
ii console-common 0.7.49 Basic infrastructure for text console
config
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs- Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback
table
ii console-tools 0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities
ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cpio 2.5-1.3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage
archives of
ii cpp 3.3.5-3 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii cpp-3.3 3.3.5-13 The GNU C preprocessor
ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM File
System
ii cron 3.0pl1-86 management of regular background
processing
ii daemon 0.6.3-1 turns other processes into daemons
ii dash 0.5.2-5 The Debian Almquist Shell
ii dc 1.06-15 The GNU dc arbitrary precision
reverse-polis
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management system
ii debconf-i18n 1.4.30.13 full internationalization support for
debcon
ii debconf-utils 1.4.30.13 debconf utilities
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii diff 2.8.1-11 File comparison utilities
ii dnsutils 9.2.4-1 Clients provided with BIND
ii dpkg 1.10.28 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii dselect 1.10.28 a user tool to manage Debian packages
ii e2fslibs 1.37-2sarge1 ext2 filesystem libraries
ii e2fsprogs 1.37-2sarge1 ext2 file system utilities and libraries
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii eject 2.0.13deb-8sar ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers
under Li
ii exuberant-ctag 5.5.4-1 build tag file indexes of source code
defini
ii file 4.12-1 Determines file type using "magic" numbers
ii findutils 4.1.20-6 utilities for finding files--find,
xargs, an
ii ftp 0.17-12 The FTP client.
ii gawk 3.1.4-2 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and
processing l
ii gcc 3.3.5-3 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 3.3.5-13 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3-base 3.3.5-13 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
ii gettext-base 0.14.4-2 GNU Internationalization utilities for
the b
ii gnupg 1.4.1-1.sarge3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
ii grep 2.5.1.ds1-4 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-7 GNU troff text-formatting system (base
syste
ii grub 0.95+cvs200406 GRand Unified Bootloader
ii gzip 1.3.5-10sarge1 The GNU compression utility
ii hostname 2.13 A utility to set/show the host name or
domai
ii ifupdown 0.6.7 high level tools to configure network
interf
ii info 4.7-2.2 Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
ii initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 tools to create initrd image for
prepackaged
ii initscripts 2.86.ds1-1 Standard scripts needed for booting
and shut
ii iptables 1.2.11-10 Linux kernel 2.4+ iptables
administration to
ii iptraf 2.7.0-7 Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor
ii iputils-ping 20020927-2 Tools to test the reachability of
network ho
ii kernel-headers 2.6.8-16sarge2 Header files related to Linux kernel
version
ii kernel-headers 2.6.8-16sarge2 Linux kernel headers 2.6.8 on
PPro/Celeron/P
ii kernel-image-2 101sarge1 Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on
PPro/C
ii kernel-image-2 2.6.8-16sarge2 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8
on PPro
ii kernel-kbuild- 2.6.8-2 Linux kernel 2.6 kbuild tools
ii klogd 1.4.1-17 Kernel Logging Daemon
ii less 382-1 Pager program similar to more
ii libacl1 2.2.23-1 Access control list shared library
ii libattr1 2.4.16-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libblkid1 1.37-2sarge1 block device id library
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file
compressor l
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sa GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
Timezone
ii libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-22sa GNU C Library: Development Libraries
and Hea
ii libcap1 1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX.1e
capabil
ii libcomerr2 1.37-2sarge1 common error description library
ii libconsole 0.2.3dbs-56 Shared libraries for Linux console and
font
ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [glibc
2.0/2.
ii libdb3 3.2.9-22 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii libdb4.3 4.3.27-2 Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii libdns16 9.2.4-1 DNS Shared Library used by BIND
ii libevent1 1.0b-1.1 An asynchronous event notification library
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library
files
ii libgc1 6.4-1 conservative garbage collector for C
and C++
ii libgcc1 3.4.3-13 GCC support library
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-11.1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines (runtime
version)
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgmp3 4.1.4-6 Multiprecision arithmetic library
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.2 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error values and
messages
ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-19sarge General Purpose Mouse - shared library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libident 0.22-3 simple RFC1413 client library - runtime
ii libidn11 0.5.13-1.0 GNU libidn library, implementation of
IETF I
ii libisc7 9.2.4-1 ISC Shared Library used by BIND
ii libisccc0 9.2.4-1 Command Channel Library used by BIND
ii libisccfg0 9.2.4-1 Config File Handling Library used by BIND
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
runtime li
ii libldap2 2.1.30-8 OpenLDAP libraries
ii liblocale-gett 1.01-17 Using libc functions for
internationalizatio
ii liblockfile1 1.06 NFS-safe locking library, includes
dotlockfi
ii liblwres1 9.2.4-1 Lightweight Resolver Library used by BIND
ii liblzo1 1.08-1.2 A real-time data compression library
ii libmagic1 4.12-1 File type determination library using
"magic
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libncursesw5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal handling
(wide
ii libnewt0.51 0.51.6-20 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text
mode win
ii libopencdk8 0.5.5-10 Open Crypto Development Kit (OpenCDK)
(runti
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM library
ii libpam-unix2 1.25-1 Blowfish-capable PAM module
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii libpcap0.8 0.8.3-5 System interface for user-level packet
captu
ii libpcre3 4.5-1.2sarge1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression
Library
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libreadline4 4.3-11 GNU readline and history libraries,
run-time
ii libreadline5 5.0-10 GNU readline and history libraries,
run-time
ii libsasl2 2.1.19-1.5sarg Authentication abstraction library
ii libsigc++-1.2- 1.2.5-4 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ -
runtime
ii libss2 1.37-2sarge1 command-line interface parsing library
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3sarge1 SSL shared libraries
ii libstdc++5 3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.10-3sarge1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libtext-charwi 0.04-1 get display widths of characters on
the term
ii libtext-iconv- 1.2-3 Convert between character sets in Perl
ii libtext-wrapi1 0.06-1 internationalized substitute of Text::Wrap
ii libtextwrap1 0.1-1 text-wrapping library with i18n - runtime
ii libusb-0.1-4 0.1.10a-9.sarg userspace USB programming library
ii libuuid1 1.37-2sarge1 universally unique id library
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library
ii libxcrypt1 2.2-1 Crypt library for DES, MD5, and blowfish
ii linux-kernel-h 2.5.999-test7- Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii locales 2.3.2.ds1-22sa GNU C Library: National Language
(locale) da
ii lockfile-progs 0.1.10 Programs for locking and unlocking
files and
ii logcheck 1.2.39 Mails anomalies in the system logfiles
to th
ii logcheck-datab 1.2.39 A database of system log rules for the
use o
ii login 4.0.3-31sarge5 system login tools
ii logrotate 3.7-5 Log rotation utility
ii logtail 1.2.39 Print log file lines that have not
been read
ii lsof 4.74.dfsg.3-2 List open files.
ii mailx 8.1.2-0.200405 A simple mail user agent
ii make 3.80-9 The GNU version of the "make" utility.
ii makedev 2.3.1-77 creates device files in /dev
ii man-db 2.4.2-21 The on-line manual pager
ii manpages 1.70-1 Manual pages about using a GNU/Linux
system
ii mawk 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text processing
langu
ii mc 4.6.0-4.6.1-pr midnight commander - a powerful file
manager
ii module-init-to 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel modules
ii modutils 2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities
ii monit 4.5-1 A utility for monitoring and managing
daemon
ii mount 2.12p-4sarge1 Tools for mounting and manipulating
filesyst
ii mtr-tiny 0.67-1 Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
ii ncurses-base 5.4-4 Descriptions of common terminal types
ii ncurses-bin 5.4-4 Terminal-related programs and man pages
ii ncurses-term 5.4-4 Additional terminal type definitions
ii net-tools 1.60-10 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii netbase 4.21 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii netkit-inetd 0.10-10 The Internet Superserver
ii nmap 3.81-1 The Network Mapper
ii ntp 4.2.0a+stable- Network Time Protocol: network utilities
ii ntp-server 4.2.0a+stable- Network Time Protocol: common server tools
ii ntp-simple 4.2.0a+stable- Network Time Protocol: daemon for
simple sys
ii nullmailer 1.00RC7-22 simple relay-only mail transport agent
ii openssl 0.9.7e-3sarge1 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and
related
ii openvpn 2.0-1sarge3 Virtual Private Network daemon
ii passwd 4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and
group dat
ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original
ii pciutils 2.1.11-15 Linux PCI Utilities
ii perl 5.8.4-8sarge4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and
Report
ii perl-base 5.8.4-8sarge4 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
ii perl-modules 5.8.4-8sarge4 Core Perl modules
ii procps 3.2.1-2 The /proc file system utilities
ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesystem
ii rdate 1.4-6 sets the system's date from a remote host
ii rsnapshot 1.2.1-1 local and remote filesystem snapshot
utility
ii rsync 2.6.4-6 fast remote file copy program (like rcp)
ii screen 4.0.2-4.1 a terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI
termi
ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor
ii slang1 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library -
runtime ver
ii slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library with
utf8 sup
ii smartmontools 5.32-3 control and monitor storage systems
using S.
ii ssh 3.8.1p1-8.sarg Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement
(OpenSSH)
ii ssl-cert 1.0-11 Simple debconf wrapper for openssl
ii strace 4.5.8-1.2 A system call tracer
ii stunnel4 4.090-1 Universal SSL tunnel for network daemons
ii sysklogd 1.4.1-17 System Logging Daemon
ii sysv-rc 2.86.ds1-1 Standard boot mechanism using symlinks
in /e
ii sysvinit 2.86.ds1-1 System-V like init
ii tar 1.14-2.2 GNU tar
ii tcpd 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilities
ii tcpdump 3.8.3-5sarge1 A powerful tool for network monitoring
and d
ii telnet 0.17-29 The telnet client
ii texinfo 4.7-2.2 Documentation system for on-line
information
ii time 1.7-21 The GNU time program for measuring cpu
resou
ii traceroute 1.4a12-18 traces the route taken by packets over
a TCP
ii tripwire 2.3.1.2.0-4 file and directory integrity checker
ii ucf 1.17 Update Configuration File: preserves
user ch
ii unzip 5.52-1sarge4 De-archiver for .zip files
ii util-linux 2.12p-4sarge1 Miscellaneous system utilities
ii vim 6.3-071+1sarge Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
ii vim-common 6.3-071+1sarge Vi IMproved - Common files
ii vim-scripts 6-1 plugins for vim, adding bells and whistles
ii wget 1.9.1-12 retrieves files from the web
ii whiptail 0.51.6-20 Displays user-friendly dialog boxes
from she
ii whois 4.7.5 the GNU whois client
ii zip 2.31-1 Archiver for .zip files
ii zlib1g 1.2.2-4.sarge. compression library - runtime
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