On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 01:25:24PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > > > > > On which platforms is that still the case ? > > > > Platforms which support users starting the Xserver directly > > (startx/xinit/etc > > instead of via systemd service or display manager) on devices without KMS > > support. > > Okay, but which are those, exactly ? Are those still supported at all ? > A comprehensive list of still supported platforms would be great. > > > I know Solaris is one, since that's the one I work on, > > hmm, and there's no other way around this ?
This is part of the X11 contract: startx(1) etc. are a way to add a graphical interface as a user to any, at least Unix, node. I'm for example still using it this way (I'm mainly developing and I don't always need a graphical interface and don't want to waste permanently resources by using and administrating a display manager for which I'm the sole and temporary user). Not being able to do so would be, IMHO, a major step backward. -- Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ kergis +dot+ com> http://www.kergis.com/ http://kertex.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C