Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/07/08 23:42, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:56:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote:
> > > Damon L. Chesser <damon@damtek.com>:
> > > >  On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> > > > > > Displeasure?  Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like?
> > > > > It's a GUI app?
> > > >  Very funny Ron.  Really.
> > > No, I think he was serious, and I agree with him.  Do you want
> > > your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked?
> > > Especially in this nvidia crazed age?
> > I agree with the point you are trying to make, but best to:
> > s/nvidia/ati
> >
> > More especially:
> > s/nvidia/display manager/
>
>
> no kidding... have to debug why gdm (work machine, for the general
> user...) locks the machine hard when a user logs out... sheesh. I may
> have to teach people how to login properly. ;-O

I put this at the bottom of my family members' .bashrc files.  Works 
like a charm.

if [ "$TERM" == "linux" ]; then
    startx
    exit
fi

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Scientists are people, too.  IOW, they also "crave power, money,
respect, and influence, and they also fear for their jobs. Each
can be a healthy motivator, but each has the ability to turn a
good scientist into a bad one; and in some cases, they can turn
a good scientist into a charlatan."
http://thefutureofthings.com/book/3/the-bomb-that-never-was.html