[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:44:45 -0500
Jerry Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
These distinctions (at least 3 and 5) are actually useful when debugging
problems with your X config. It just saves a step on some activity.
On debian, I have to kill gdm, fiddle, and restart it.
I can see situations where there would be some value in having
different runlevels for different things, but for the given example I
hardly see the differnce between typing:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
<fiddling with stuff>
/etc/init.d/gdm start
: or typing:
init 5
<fiddling with stuff>
init 3
: Or am I missing something?
I guess the main difference here is acquiring the knowledge of gdm before you
fiddle with the X config. I grant it's probably a weak argument, but it's one
of many little ways in which Debian demands a higher level of knowledge in
order to accomplish things. If I didn't enjoy the process of learning
details, I'd probably have long ago left Debian.
But offering a runlevel set up as a server environment with no X might make
sense. It seems like a major enough distinction.
Jerry
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