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Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Dec 22 10:56:11 PST 2003
Malcolm Kay writes:
> > While many people fo this, it has been (semi-officially)
> > discouraged since the days of 2.x.
>
> What are you regfering to; the method of starting at boot,
> or the concept of starting 'xdm' at boot?
The idea of starting the display manager out of /etc/ttys.
(The recommended way, if I remember correctly, is to put in
rc.local.)
I have seen a persuasive case made (but can neither quote or
reconstruct it ex tempore) that the /etc/ttys method is both
philospohically wrong and likely to bring greater grief if something
snafus.
Robert Huff
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