Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:40:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/37863: Configuration of X corrupts screen, and install lacks wrapper. Message-ID: <200205091840.g49Ie9S80345@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/37863; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/37863: Configuration of X corrupts screen, and install lacks wrapper. Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 22:37:00 +0400 (MSD) On Thu, 9 May 2002, Makoto Matsushita wrote: MM> However, some users does *not* want to install wrapper since they MM> doesn't use startx. It would be better that MM> MM> * If you want to install Xwrapper, do it yourself. sysinstall MM> does have a menu for installing packages. MM> * When installing XFree86 package, a pop-up message "if you MM> want to start X with startx(1), please install wrapper MM> program from package." is shown. MM> MM> How do you think about this? Well, then what about adding additional checkbox with the comment like [ ] xwrapper Needed for startx script, not with xdm Furthermore, another checkbox may be added to enable xdm, with the following action: And auto-comment xdm line in /etc/ttys if it is checked, and uncomment otherwise. I suppose it is more consistent. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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