On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:02:08 -0500 Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: > > > This way, it is much much easier to try out different WM's, > > > Desktops, etc. > > > > I agree: i love init 3. > > > > Most of the time i want to "just log in" and have x start up, > > though, so what i do is have the .bash_profile check the tty #. If > > i log into tty1, x starts automatically, and then the pekwm start > > file calls startup_progs which fires up sylpheed and firefox. > > > > If i log into tty2, i get just the console. It's the best of both > > worlds: laziness at log in and no graphical boot. > > > > eric > Come on fellows the horse gave way to a horse & carriage, that gave way > to a horseless carriage, that gave way to an automobile. Do you really > want to go back to starting a computer by entering the start sequence > in binary.
Not a step back, IMO, just serves different purposes. Hell, some people never even *leave* textmode, esp if they are using a machine with little or no resources to run an X server. It is, as I said before, a *lot* easier to customize your WM and its behaviour (esp at startup) from runlevel 3. In my case, I have a startup script that looks like this: xset m 50/10 3 & xset b off xset +fp $HOME/.fonts & xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 7 6 4 5" rox -p=mypinboard xscreensaver & pypanel & ~/cvs2/pekwm/src/pekwm Not sure how in hell you would do that with a graphical login manager :-\ 'Sides, yer not doing much different loggin' in in text mode than you are with a graphical login, just no fancy splash screen, or whatever it's called. Anyhow, it's all about *choice*, no? -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:08:29 up 8 days, 23:32, 6 users, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.14 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Saddam killed his own people, just like general Pinochet, and once upon a time both these evil men were supported by the U.S.A.; and whisper it, even Bin Laden once drank from America's cup just like that election down in Florida this shit doesn't all add up.." -- Billy Bragg, 'The Price of Oil'
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