[snip] > > Isn't ctrl-alt-F[1-6] good enough to get into console mode? In what > circumstances whould you not want X to start up on boot if you had > installed a *dm? >
In the circumstance when you are serving a flock of dumb clients from a single machine. NCD Xterms for example. In this case you *NEED* a *dm running with network access turned on but the machine itself may not even have a video. This setup is a small percentage of the installed base but it does exist and is used. [snip] -- Anton R. Ivanov ARI2-RIPE mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Design Engineer, Global Architecture Level3 Communications The excuse for delaying today's deliverables is: emissions from GSM-phones /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \
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