thanks for the hint about putting commands in /sbin/chroot. I want to see what quole (if he is reading) would suggests before I tinker (which for me probably means wreck) a script. I have
apache2 restart
mysqld restart
in $CHROOT/var/run/onfirstchroot.rc.
when I use the debiandown icon and then run top from maego, again I see mysqld running (but not apache2). when I start easy debian again it starts apache2 but tells me mysqld is already running.

I'd like to get this fixed as mysqld is (I presume) eating my resources and battery (it is near the top of the top command output constantly). Thanks foe listening...