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Hi, |
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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 20:23 +0000, Alex wrote: |
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>> Additionally I found this in a example specfile (bundled with catalyst) |
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>> # If this is specified in your spec file, then the first user is also |
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>> the user |
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>> # used to start X. |
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>> Maybe everybody can interpret it in his own way, but my interpretion was |
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>> that X gets automatically started by this user -> autologin |
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> It's out of date, actually. |
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> There was also a bug in catalyst that caused "xdm" to be added to the |
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> default runlevel for "generic-livecd" which was never how it was |
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> designed. Instead, the specific session was *supposed* to be started |
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> via "startx" as the user. |
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so I do not understand the sense livecd/xdm option. Does it only change |
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the variable in /etc/rc.conf? |
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> |
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>> But: dont you think it makes sense on a xlivecd to log the user |
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>> automatically in? just my opinion |
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> No. |
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> What if you have more than one user and don't want any to login? |
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Well, I just get irritated by the template-specfile. But if it would |
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automatically login by default, I would just keep the livecd/xdm option |
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blank in this case. |
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> What if you don't want a particular session to be the default and want |
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> the user to choose? |
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Just specify no xsession (that would by _my_ way) |
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>> I do not want to argue with you, but I can't imagine that anyone wants a |
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>> xlivecd to do not login automatically if there is a user. |
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> Ever seen a LiveCD created that required the use of a smart card to |
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> login? I have. ;] |
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See above ;) (btw: isn't such a livecd very specific?) |
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> |
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> Besides the examples I mentioned above (and I have lots more) there is |
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> also the issue of reducing flexibility. Again, we do lots of things |
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> automatically for the releases, because we have defined what a release |
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> is *supposed* to be like. Making those same assumptions for our users |
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> goes against the spirit of Gentoo and removes options from the users, |
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> where they belong. |
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I like the flexibility of gentoo and its sub-projects, without it I |
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probably wouldn't use it. I just get irritated by the comments in the |
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template-specfile, but you have said it is out of date, so I think this |
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is clarified (for me), except the sense of livecd/xdm and |
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livecd/xsession (I don't understand it). |
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Bye. |
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