Hello, On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:37:19PM +0000, John Stevenson wrote: > I am not a developer or expert on policy, but as far as I know the intent of > xdm is to start > linux up X rather than on the terminal. Now as debians default init level is > 2, it seems
Actually, it starts up X *and* the virtual consoles (I think this is what you mean by "terminal"). > natural to me to make the appropriate links for xdm in that init level > (otherwise it would > seem to the uninitiate that xdm was not working). > > IMHO, if you dont want X to start up on boot, then why do you want to install > xdm?? If it So that you can get an xdm login screen on a remote machine. I have an X server running on a win95 machine and get an xdm login screen to my linux server. I don't need X running on my server unless I'm logged into it. In fact, it saves resources and lets the server run faster if X is not running.... > is not installed, it doesnt make the links.... > > John. HTH, --David P.S. If you can limit your line length to about 70-75 it improves readability for many mail clients. (Thanks). -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
