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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:16:30 -0400
From:      Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode
Message-ID:  <20120609011630.GA48866@DataIX.net>
In-Reply-To: <4FD07D11.9030002@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4FD05C16.9040905@FreeBSD.org> <20120607084738.GT85127@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4FD06CD3.3080602@FreeBSD.org> <20120607095741.GA1361@reks> <4FD07D11.9030002@FreeBSD.org>

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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.

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