On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 02:44:13PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Request: refine install script for newbie > > When display manager are installed, script rightfully asks which display > manager to install using install script. Great feature but one more > twist shall make many newbie shut-up crying. here is my suggestion: > > In the dialogue to choose the desired default display manager, please > add a word "console" or "disabled" as an option. > > The content of /etc/X11/default-display-manager can be "null" or > any bogus word like "disabled" if this option is chosen.
I don't see why this is preferable to two other mechanisms that Debian uses for the disabling of daemons: 1) editing /etc/init.d/* scripts to exit 0 near the top 2) removing the package Why, in particular, do display managers need a brand new mechanism? -- G. Branden Robinson | I suspect Linus wrote that in a Debian GNU/Linux | complicated way only to be able to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | have that comment in there. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lars Wirzenius
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