#include <hallo.h> * Branden Robinson [Tue, Nov 12 2002, 04:52:46AM]:
> > The content of /etc/X11/default-display-manager can be "null" or > > any bogus word like "disabled" if this option is chosen. > > I don't see why this is preferable to two other mechanisms that Debian > uses for the disabling of daemons: > > 1) editing /etc/init.d/* scripts to exit 0 near the top > 2) removing the package Are both not mechanisms but cludges, appliable by an admin. Even the fact XDM is not started during the installation is a potentialy dangerous surprise. > Why, in particular, do display managers need a brand new mechanism? They do not. They need a clean way to be disabled _easily_. Look at SuSE. They have a runlevel where x-display-managers starts. They have a runlevel where X does not start. Easy understandable, well described in the misc. howtos, so easy to change. Look at Debian. You have to modify some file to stop it (=break it, psychological barrier). Not a "normal" config file, some script. Or you want to change the login-manager. Why cannot you install multiple at the same time? They could be managed with an x-login-manager alternative, very easy. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- <Zomb>.oO(Die 3 F's fon Debian: Find the bug, Fix the bug, Forward to maintainer) -- Zomb in #debian.de