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Subject: Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode
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on 09/06/2012 17:45 Marcin Wisnicki said the following:
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:57:41 +0300, Gleb Kurtsou wrote:
> 
>> On (07/06/2012 11:56), Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>> A user doesn't have to select the option unless he needs to. A "simple
>>> user" can just reboot without selecting the option to get back his X. A
>>> user doesn't have to learn anything about the code, just about kenv and
>>> "magic" inhibit_gui variable.
>>
>> What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable
>> options in rc.conf?
>>
>> I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set
>> rc.slim_enable="no" -- overrides slim_enable="yes" in rc.conf
>>
>> Similarly rc.pf_enable="no"
>>
>> Then introduce x_enable knob (=yes by default) to disable login
>> managers. User will be able to override this setting with # service xdm
>> forcestart
>>
> 
> That's trivial to implement:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-November/079241.html
> 
> Still applies with minor reject that can be ignored or easily resolved.
> 
> It also brings support for overriding path to rc.conf, allowing multiple
> boot configurations.

Hey, this is very nice, thank you!  And developed almost 5 years ago too.
I wonder what rc@ guys would think about committing this.

-- 
Andriy Gapon