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Re: Bug#241062: base-config should start xfs before *dm



On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:57:55PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> I don't think it's base-config's job to work around what looks like a
> bug in xdm for not starting the daemon on initial install. Forwarding
> to the XSF.

This done for two reasons:

1) historical
2) display managers are not like other daemons; they start an X server
on a local VT by default which yanks the console away

I'm willing to listen to a case against both of these.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |     My first priority in any attack is
Debian GNU/Linux                   |     to solve the problem - not issue a
branden@debian.org                 |     press release.
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