On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > Hi :) It was the generic 'xdm' that was the problem, but when I tried to > remove it, it wanted to take 'task-x-window-system' away, too.. so I > decided to just remove the startup lines in /etc/rc.* :)
There's no problem with removing task-x-window-system, or task-anything-else for that matter. Those packages don't contain any files; they exist only for their dependencies, which make up a typical set of packages to be used for a given task. That's why you got xdm installed in the first place: you installed task-x-window-system and the maintainer had made xdm a dependency, figuring that it was a typically useful package to have with an X installation. Of course, you're allowed to disagree and remove xdm if you wish. If you're not using it, it's just wasting disk space, and you won't lose anything by removing task-x-window-system. -- David Steinberg -o) Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v