-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/10/08 10:09, Kent West wrote: > Curt Howland wrote: >> Now, the boot messages scroll off so fast I can't read them, and the >> log doesn't pick up all of them. Some times I really miss being able >> to read them as they went by, especially when I see something "Gee, >> that doesn't look right..." and poof it's gone. > > This is why I don't use a login manager (like [kwxg]dm); as long as the > system doesn't switch to a graphical VT (or is it any VT?), you're able > to Shift-PgUp/Dn through the boot messages after logging in. > > Since booting up is a rare thing, the extra step of typing "startx &" to > get X started is an extremely minimal price to pay for living without a > graphical login manager.
Amen, brother. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/i+xS9HxQb37XmcRAtVMAJ9lz+iuhiqXlFWTrV3Ud47ffJxi9ACgvH0w 0GpizQwv5/XrmWF6FRc84C8= =iTXA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]