Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 01:04:40 -0400 From: Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is XDM in /etc/ttys a Bad Thing? Message-ID: <9807211702.AA05774@ara.office.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <199807211459.JAA14697@bambi.visi.com>
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It's a control issue. As long as everything is working perfectly, XDM is just fine. If trouble starts to rear it's ugly head, XDM can make it less apparent and/or harder to fix. I guess I am a control freak, but I like to see the messages printed on the console when the system boots, and I don't mind typing xinit at all. Also, if X crashs you still have a login. If you change video hardware, you can boot into your normal shell and fix things up so X works again. etc. On a related subject, I have never found a need/use for startx either, it just seems like another needless layer of indirection. Ron >The FAQ on starting XDM from /etc/ttys says it's a "Bad Thing". (By the >way, rather than having "crept into some README file" as it says, it's >actually part of the default /etc/ttys file.) > >Why is it a Bad Thing? If it's a Bad Thing, the FAQ should say why >briefly, and it should be removed from the default /etc/ttys file. > >-- >Brent J. Nordquist / bjn@visi.com >W: +1 612 905-7806 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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