maybe you did explain it clearly and I am unable to understand (lack of linux command line knowledge??)
but how do I know "WHAT" to type after pm ? ie where did you get the info? seems to be this logcat thing - where do I get that how do I read it?
there are some apps that just don't make sense (for me) to run in the background. for example if ebay is running in the background I am ok with that since it performs a function I desire. but I can not think of a reason why slacker should be in the background on boot or ever. same with quite a few other apps.
I want then to run when I run them but when they are backgrounded I want them dead

how do I do this?