Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

Benjamin Mesing wrote:
> Meelis Roos wrote:
> > JFSP> - Separate runlevels: 2 for multi, no net, 3 for multi no X, 4 for X, 4=5
> > 
> > Why? Display manager as a normal service that can be started and stopped
> > like other services is very natural. No need to confuse the users with
> > more runlevels since there's not much point in differentiating them
> > nowadays.
> Two points come to my mind.
>      1. in case your X-Config is broken booting in runlevel 3 offers a
>         nice way to fix this

How will switching to run level 3 fix this problem?  Your X config is
still broken.

If your X configuration is broken and your X won't start then that is
effectively the same thing as the proposed run level 3 anyway.  So
what is the point?

>      2. it is defined in the LSB

Can't argue with that.

Bob