From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 10:03:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28121 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:03:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ara.office.aol.com (xlate-2.office.aol.com [204.148.100.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA28116 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:03:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ron@dc.infi.net) Received: by ara.office.aol.com id AA05774; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:02:55 -0400 Message-Id: <9807211702.AA05774@ara.office.aol.com> X-Sender: ron@shellhost.dc.infi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 01:04:40 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ron Steele Subject: Re: Why is XDM in /etc/ttys a Bad Thing? In-Reply-To: <199807211459.JAA14697@bambi.visi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It's a control issue. As long as everything is working perfectly, XDM is just fine. If trouble starts to rear it's ugly head, XDM can make it less apparent and/or harder to fix. I guess I am a control freak, but I like to see the messages printed on the console when the system boots, and I don't mind typing xinit at all. Also, if X crashs you still have a login. If you change video hardware, you can boot into your normal shell and fix things up so X works again. etc. On a related subject, I have never found a need/use for startx either, it just seems like another needless layer of indirection. Ron >The FAQ on starting XDM from /etc/ttys says it's a "Bad Thing". (By the >way, rather than having "crept into some README file" as it says, it's >actually part of the default /etc/ttys file.) > >Why is it a Bad Thing? If it's a Bad Thing, the FAQ should say why >briefly, and it should be removed from the default /etc/ttys file. > >-- >Brent J. Nordquist / bjn@visi.com >W: +1 612 905-7806 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message