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. -- - (2^(N-1))
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