DJ Lucas wrote these words on 04/30/06 09:57 CST: > Currently for xdm, we run the service from inititab when > entering runlevel 5. For gdm, we provide a bootscript that runs as the > last startup script in runlevel 5. I don't think it's right that they > differ,
Though a description of both would be nice, perhaps they are different on purpose, so as to show there is more than one way to do it. Educationally, it is probably better to show more than just one way, however, I do agree with you that the choices should be presented together. > but suspect that using a starup script is a bad idea > from a distro's POV because lots of unknown services install blindly to > S99whatever. I suggest we provide both a bootscript and the inittab > change for all three packages, and let the user decide how they want it > done...of course, IMO, push the inittab version first! Now, please understand the following is not to create an opposite view, and argue which is better, it is mentioned because it is something we should consider. KDE has this in the .../share/doc/kdm/README file, which is not that old according to the date on it. Anyway, it says this: "Generally I'd advise _against_ starting KDM directly from init - better use a proper init script, possibly by slightly modifying the XDM init script shipped by your distribution." If we recommend the inittab method, how do we explain our deviation from what the maintainer says? -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.28] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 11:29:00 up 35 days, 23:06, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.22, 0.43 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
