Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:00:26 +0200 From: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> To: kde-freebsd@freebsd.kde.org Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] X related scripts in Xclients ports Message-ID: <200411151500.31461.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200411151357.33691.lauri@kde.org> References: <200411151151.33028.freebsd@redesjm.local> <200411151357.33691.lauri@kde.org>
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On Monday 15 November 2004 14:57, Lauri Watts wrote:
> On Monday 15 November 2004 11:51, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:
> > Hi,
> > after a time working with my xdm script (/etc/rc.d/0xdm) I think
> > it's time to go send-pr
> >
> > Also noted that going to scripts (actual gdm and future xdm) can
> > generate race conditions between init gettys and xdm.
> >
> > The safe option I found is use fixed vts with xdm Xserver (vt9),
> > but I'm not sure how do that with gdm
> >
> > Any comments on this are welcome.
>
> The only comment I have is why is this an improvement?
>
> I really don't understand the point of all this. kdm runs perfectly
> well out of /etc/ttys, from the command line, and just about any
> other way you care to run it. So what's the use of this, other
> than complicating things?
>
> Will you be providing all the user support for this stuff? Will
> running kdm the normal way still be supported? How is doing this
> easier than changing one simple line in ttys?
I'm in complete agreement with Lauri on this one. I fail to see where
the improvement is, and if anything it makes things worse because of
POLA.
For me, I don't want to see such a change.
A.
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