Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:00:25 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: mixer for /etc/rc Message-ID: <20030320080025.GA51136@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <200303200218.h2K2IOFE047114@nd250009.gab.xdsl.ne.jp> References: <200303190518.h2J5IvFE095473@nd250009.gab.xdsl.ne.jp> <20030319032022.G88684@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030319115827.GF14565@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <200303200218.h2K2IOFE047114@nd250009.gab.xdsl.ne.jp>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:18:24AM +0900, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:58:27 +0100 > Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:23:07AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > I want to mixer in /etc/rc (setting sound volume on boot). > > > > I add it to /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf, etc... > > > > Would you review and commit? > > > Off hand, I'd say this is more of an /etc/rc.local, or /usr/local/etc= /rc.d > > > thing. We haven't really started down the road of what I generically = refer > > > to as "desktop" configuration items in rc. > > Why *not*? As long as it behaves when run in a system without sound, I = don't > > see any reason to make things easier for users, whether they use the ma= chine > > as a server or as a desktop. > > I'd very much like to see (something like) this in the base -- I haven't > > even looked at these patches but the idea is IMHO worthwhile. >=20 > I think that I don't need it if a little machines requires sound. > But I have many machines (mine or not mine) which use sound (or can > use it). I almost hate to install these to /etc/rc.local. And even=20 > I want it, many users want it:-). Different point from setting > /etc/rc.conf is that anyone always check this file, but /etc/rc.local > is not so. Yes, I agree with you. Making a port out of this is imho plain silly, or is someone actually relying on the mixer being set to a default value on bootup? --Stijn --=20 "What if everything you see is more than what you see -- the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to anoth= er world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or = you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it real= ly is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." -- Shigeru Miyamoto --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+eXUZY3r/tLQmfWcRAvFnAJ0WU+TCF8sRRyEbp/wHy9jNNMaaswCdFda0 mlHjliHLSjrGataYYeM/8HI= =aB51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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