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On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:14:56PM +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> Interestingly, I just stumbled accross this again, while updating |
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> config files. After reading the code, I'd say the above is not correct |
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> (at least not on ~x86 with bl2/openrc). Here it works like this: |
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> There's /etc/init.d/xdm-setup, which checks for "nox" and touches |
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> (creates) a flag file /etc/.noxdm. When /etc/.noxdm exists, |
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> /etc/init.d/xdm doesn't start the display manager. So it's sufficient |
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> to remove the flag file to be able to start X. |
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That is correct, in the latest version this is how it works. You |
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shouldn't have to remove the flag file though. It is only supposed to |
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prevent the display manager from starting _once_ when you are booting |
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your system if the gentoo=nox option is on the kernel command line. |
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What should happen is, you should be able to start the dm by doing this |
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as root: |
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/etc/init.d/xdm restart |
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William Hubbs |
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gentoo accessibility team lead |
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williamh@g.o |
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