Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu, runlevels, and X

2006-08-28 Thread Bob Miller
Patrick R. Wade wrote: > I gather that Ubuntu consider init to be obsolete and are working on > migration to a more Apple-like model. There was a story on Digg about > this recently. This is probably the article you remember. http://www.netsplit.com/blog/work/canonical/upstart.html -- Bob Mil

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu, runlevels, and X

2006-08-28 Thread Patrick R. Wade
Garl Grigsby wrote: > So I start digging. From my poking, I gather that for Ubuntu, there is > runlevel 1 and runlevel 2-5. 2-5 are all identical. What's the logic > behind this? I know I can modify this to act more like what I'm used to, > but I just want to understand the logic behind the all or

Re: [Eug-lug] Ubuntu, runlevels, and X

2006-08-25 Thread Allen Brown
Having switched from RedHat to Debian some time ago, I agree. The RedHat model seems sensible. I just don't understand why Debian didn't embrace it. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.peak.org/~abrown/ When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angr

[Eug-lug] Ubuntu, runlevels, and X

2006-08-25 Thread Garl Grigsby
Ok, I guess I need somebody to 'learn me' in the ways of Debian, well Ubuntu at least. I've got a box I setup for my kids recently and I thought I'd put Ubuntu on it. Last night I realized I was running the unaccelerated nvidia driver. So I went to install the Nvidia binary drivers. After dow