Re: stopping x from starting automatically

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 12 Nov, Adam C Powell IV wrote about "Re: stopping x from starting automatically"
>  
> Is there some reason xdm and gdm are linked from /etc/rc.2 and 
> /etc/rc.3?  I thought only runlevel 5 was supposed to start X by
> default.  I remove these links myself, but it seems like making this
> default would be real easy, and would make Debian that much more 
> standard. 
>  
> If no reason by Monday, I'll file a wishlist bug report in xdm and gdm
> (kdm?).  

Don't bother filing a bug.  I filed one against xdm for the same reason
a long time ago and it was re-assigned to debian-policy and then
rejected.  The bug report(#34046) doesn't say why it was rejected but
usually policy bugs need support of a quorum of developers. 


-- 
Brian Servis
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mechanical Engineering              |  Never criticize anybody until you  
Purdue University                   |  have walked a mile in their shoes,
servis@purdue.edu                   |  because by that time you will be a
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis   |  mile away and have their shoes.