Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Remco Blaakmeer writes: > > > If nobody objects to it, I'll file bug reports for the following > > annoyances I have encountered when X is misconfigured:
I don't know if I agree witha bug report against X...as the keyword there is "misconfigured"...although you could look at that as a bug in xdm but... there is a such thing as misconfigured...reminds me of when I was a tottal linux newbie I was running with RedHat in runlevel 5 (init starts XDM on startup) and I recompiled my kernel for the first time...forgot to compile in a mouse driver.... xdm didn't like that at all... needed to use a kernel boot parameter tofix it -Steve > > - If the X server fails to start, xdm seems to be restarting it > > indefinitely. I'd say that if the X server is restarted too often too > > fast, it should be disabled because it is obviously not working. Just like > > init disables processes that are respawning too fast. > > YES! Do that! It has bothered me for a long time, now. That's one > reasons I'm more affraid to use xdm. > > What if your video card starts having problem? > > What if you test a new resolution, and the computer reboots? > > I guess the bug is in xdm. It should even try a default VGA mode if it > fails to load in the default resolution, before giving you a text > console, and a error message. > > -- > Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella Product Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.conexware.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -=Signature has been removed because it made an unfair comparison between NT 4 and Linux =- replacement: (ok I admit...I am bored..its a slow day at work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$fortune -o Anything more than 3 shakes is for fun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
