kludge wrote: > Andrei Thorp wrote: >> And usually, Slim's a fat bastard. Maybe not this time though :/ >> >> -AT >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> David C. Rankin wrote: >>>> David Rosenstrauch wrote: >>>>> And if a non-X boot was needed, you could achieve it by just taking slim >>>>> out of the rc.conf daemons list, and just starting /etc/rc.d/slim from >>>>> the command line when/if needed. >>>>> >>>>> DR >>>>> >>>> OK, I just have to know -- who is slim? Every time in my life I >>>> have run >>>> across anyone named "Slim" or "Lefty", they usually turn out to be pretty >>>> shady >>>> characters... So what's this thing named 'slim' like on Arch? ;-) >>> See http://slim.berlios.de/ >>> >>> DR >>> > > i used slim for a while, and frankly, it pissed me off. damned thing > would crash on switching from one vc to the other *all* *the* *damned* > time, but not reliably enough to pin down the bug. > > i've finally given up on gdms... i just login to a shell now. > > -kludge > Yep, holds true today as well, any time you run into a 'slim' or 'lefty', watch'em, there usually shady characters;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com