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From: Andrew Maltsev <am@px.f1.ru>
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Subject: Re: Disappearing keyboard
To: eivind@yes.no
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:34:45 +0400 (MSD)
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> > Btw, why not to add a parameter to rc.conf's misc section like:
> > 
> > xdm_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to enable X display manager
> > 
> > and add simple script that was posted here some articles earlier to
> > rc.local? This will stop the war about where is Rigth Place for xdm.
>
> Because (at present, at least) all programs controlled from rc.conf
> are included in the base system.

But the existence of xdm can be easily checked and it will do no harm
even if someone will set YES accidently.

Is rc.conf a configuration for `base system' or `entire system'?

Andrew

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