From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 01:16:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5298106566C for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2012 01:16:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@dataix.net) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5954C8FC08 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2012 01:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so1958476yen.13 for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:16:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dataix.net; s=rsa; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=XaKVDXc0Xs2GTQGDqNqbP+TFbU/KcGm+QRA6/GwsSQM=; b=S4s6flz5fUas0gqRFkwCIfDxQmWvlnwlM8mhMaxunUGlGeM20Lx7T6LiG3aW9BcJe4 bBKNFFButo1js6QDew6WeWYdjt6VftW6DEgl2uQxfD6+GOZY01sqFBgHgCkc9QvrW7nk NX0DPdcTKELeVR36frmGCZIuxXmZzrb+2Jprw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:x-gm-message-state; bh=XaKVDXc0Xs2GTQGDqNqbP+TFbU/KcGm+QRA6/GwsSQM=; b=TXR/BY3IIQV99784MjTA9ry31hprMo4C+sOhxX2p9lxRW3SemXuVWC0WlrjRzFhVdp nuuNCOuCbraEBN2CpIMzA5Yfm8fhYqgHQR4hK3Re8NKSEKuWLvZLCzTwy9g2wib8MbfA xeQs+Hp/ItpW92xIRu6pM2jQA6FOgPH+pqYLE4l/kWfc9kssmGrEdr34q1Avl/E6aNqw nNLxs89dt8hr77mRqThuAiKak9+LqHn5pm5v1bZkmV5oomVpRXVLrhO3FttYgAWFQAKL +N+oWWZ2kLrHxCR+kSBZKqZ17C5s78jLMXEKXYxo0Qry/mwPBBdt3o/pjqTzzEWWveKQ CCsg== Received: by 10.236.191.138 with SMTP id g10mr9950276yhn.25.1339204594154; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (75-128-120-86.dhcp.aldl.mi.charter.com. [75.128.120.86]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g4sm27186526yhf.12.2012.06.08.18.16.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:16:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q591GVka074315 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:16:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhellenthal@DataIX.net) Received: (from jh@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q591GUU8074314; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:16:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhellenthal@DataIX.net) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:16:30 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal To: Andriy Gapon Message-ID: <20120609011630.GA48866@DataIX.net> References: <4FD05C16.9040905@FreeBSD.org> <20120607084738.GT85127@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4FD06CD3.3080602@FreeBSD.org> <20120607095741.GA1361@reks> <4FD07D11.9030002@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FD07D11.9030002@FreeBSD.org> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk6rgeTPpyalUu3XTPTjgVM0EbKA/Kt74ZPi7MoI4949R0pCJ2m/vTsMeTSYBgqhTpgVW9J Cc: Konstantin Belousov , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Gleb Kurtsou Subject: Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:16:40 -0000 On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:06:09PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 07/06/2012 12:57 Gleb Kurtsou said the following: > > 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 > > I think that this is an excellent idea. > runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that much from what other systems do and would be easy for people to grasp. -- - (2^(N-1))