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On Nov 2, 2005, at 2:43 AM, Rob wrote:

> My point is then to follow this strategy also for X:
> instead of a DEFAULTS file, have a /etc/rc.d/xdm
> script, which starts X and loads the modules io/mem
> if needed.
>

but these devices are also needed for things like netstat.  you  
pretty much need to load them always, unless you have a very specific  
embedded application which doesn't need those stats.