On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 08:34:18PM +0000, Rob Browning wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes: > > > This is a feature, not a bug. If xdm is installed, the daemon will attempt > > to start in the postinst, just like any other package that ships a daemon. > > Before starting, however, xdm uses the parse-xf86config script (in the > > xserver-common package) to attempt to determine if the XF86Config file is > > legal. If it isn't, xdm will not start. > > Has anyone had time to add the "more than Y failed attempts to launch > X in a 15 second period shuts xdm down" improvement that was discussed > a while back? I suggested a more dynamic fix than that, but I'll be interested to see what he's implemented. Branden says he had another idea worked out by the time he read my email.
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