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Burning_aces

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Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 120

Removing modules to help with boot, not sure which modules to remove

ok i have a dell studio 1555, 320gb hdd, i use ext4 for home and / and ext2 for boot and swap is swap
i use kernel26-pae as i have 4gb ram
i have an ati graphics card
if you need anything else please tell me would really appreciate help with  improving my boot time

output of lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
aes_i586                6880  1 
aes_generic            25834  1 aes_i586
radeon                523714  2 
ttm                    31045  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         21971  1 radeon
drm                   126588  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4219  1 radeon
ipv6                  237532  18 
ext2                   56463  1 
usbhid                 33419  0 
hid                    61053  1 usbhid
snd_seq_dummy           1099  0 
snd_seq_oss            25304  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      4452  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42628  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4313  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi     2051  1 
uvcvideo               54559  0 
videodev               31763  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13478  2 uvcvideo,videodev
arc4                    1058  2 
ecb                     1545  2 
snd_pcm_oss            33693  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14810  1 snd_pcm_oss
video                  14871  0 
output                  1404  1 video
snd_hda_codec_idt      43564  1 
joydev                  7768  0 
iwlagn                 98590  0 
sdhci_pci               4910  0 
snd_hda_intel          18697  5 
snd_hda_codec          56728  3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5102  1 snd_hda_codec
iwlcore                82082  1 iwlagn
sdhci                  13921  1 sdhci_pci
snd_pcm                57479  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              16117  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
firewire_ohci          20266  0 
mmc_core               45164  1 sdhci
led_class               1933  2 iwlcore,sdhci
mac80211              147949  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd                    43847  20 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               5007  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          5809  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
firewire_core          37529  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1041  1 firewire_core
wmi                     4083  0 
cfg80211              106663  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
i2c_i801                7122  0 
i2c_core               15369  5 radeon,drm,i2c_algo_bit,videodev,i2c_i801
tg3                   105255  0 
libphy                 13206  1 tg3
thermal                 9326  0 
uhci_hcd               19092  0 
sg                     21079  0 
dell_laptop             1745  0 
rfkill                 12320  3 cfg80211,dell_laptop
processor              25790  2 
ehci_hcd               31434  0 
usbcore               118921  5 usbhid,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
evdev                   6970  22 
pcspkr                  1347  0 
psmouse                55619  0 
intel_agp              23157  0 
fan                     2598  0 
agpgart                23331  3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
serio_raw               3620  0 
button                  3638  0 
dcdbas                  4408  1 dell_laptop
iTCO_wdt                6745  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     1453  1 iTCO_wdt
battery                 7328  0 
ac                      2255  0 
fuse                   51628  2 
rtc_cmos                7504  0 
rtc_core               12011  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 1450  1 rtc_core
ext4                  313138  2 
mbcache                 4278  2 ext2,ext4
jbd2                   68146  1 ext4
crc16                   1041  1 ext4
sr_mod                 13161  0 
cdrom                  31625  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 24101  5 
ahci                   29290  4 
libata                135162  1 ahci
scsi_mod               78933  4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

output of hwdetect --show-modules-order

/sbin/hwdetect: line 224: /sbin/blkid: No such file or directory
MODULES ORDER: ac battery button processor thermal video cdrom agpgart intel-agp firewire-core firewire-ohci dcdbas hid i2c-i801 i2c-core evdev joydev pcspkr psmouse serio_raw led-class uvcvideo v4l1-compat videodev mmc_core sdhci sdhci-pci pci_hotplug shpchp dell-laptop wmi rtc-cmos rtc-core rtc-lib output iTCO_vendor_support iTCO_wdt crc-itu-t snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore scsi_mod ahci libphy tg3 mac80211 rfkill iwlagn iwlcore cfg80211 usbhid usbcore ehci-hcd uhci-hcd firewire-core firewire-ohci sd_mod sr_mod st

Last edited by Burning_aces (2010-01-21 18:23:43)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Removing modules to help with boot, not sure which modules to remove

There are plenty of threads about boot-time optimisation, and a wiki page also. Please search/read before asking.

Also, as you clearly intend to mess around with system-critical stuff like the kernel and its modules, I'd strongly recommend learning about it first, rather than just asking for a list of modules to remove.

Burning_aces

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Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 120

Re: Removing modules to help with boot, not sure which modules to remove

tomk: i know there are plenty around, ive done all bar the udev,kernel and some of the rc editing as im not sure about it all, thats why i asked in the newbie section about modules so i could learn more about them and what they do etc