Re: [VERY OT while waiting for Lenny?] reminiscing on old computers

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Curt Howland wrote:
> Now, the boot messages scroll off so fast I can't read them, and the log 
> doesn't pick up all of them. Some times I really miss being able to read them 
> as they went by, especially when I see something "Gee, that doesn't look 
> right..." and poof it's gone.

This is why I don't use a login manager (like [kwxg]dm); as long as the 
system doesn't switch to a graphical VT (or is it any VT?), you're able 
to Shift-PgUp/Dn through the boot messages after logging in.

Since booting up is a rare thing, the extra step of typing "startx &" to 
get X started is an extremely minimal price to pay for living without a 
graphical login manager.

--
Kent