On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:15:27PM +0200, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sun, 8 May 2011 19:53:49 +0200 > schrieb Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>: > > > While I don't have a firm opinion about this, I tend to disagree with > > you. I have always been using the rc.d scripts and find they work > > fine. > > > > We don't really implement runlevels in Arch, so the half-way approach > > of using the runlevels to control only one daemon seems strange to me. > > Why is kdm/gdm/slim different from all the othe daemons we have. How > > would you make sure e.g. kdm was started before (or after) another > > daemon if you use the runlevel approach? > > kdm etc. should only be started as the last rc script as far as I know, > at least it doesn't make much sense to start it before other scripts. > The same is done with the inittab method. > > The reason why I prefer and need the inittab method is if there are > issues with xorg which prevents from switching to a text console which > already happened in the past. > > With the rc scripts it's only possible to having started xorg at boot > time if the script is in the DAEMONS array. So if xorg fails for a > reason and doesn't allow you to switch to console you need a LiveCD to > first remove it from the DAEMONS to be able to use the system again. Another, arguably easier solution is to pass 'init=/bin/bash' in order to get a terminal to modify DAEMONS. But that's not pertinent to this discussion. > With the inittab method you can easily add two entries to the > bootloader's config. One which boots into runlevel 3 and one which > boots into runlevel 5. So if xorg makes problems you still can easily > boot into the text console and fix the problem. This has actually never happened to me, but I can imagine the irritation. Is there really no way to make the /etc/rd.c-script fail and return the user to a terminal if xorg (or the display manager) fails? > And it doesn't make any difference if you start or stop xorg at > runtime by running `/etc/rc.d/kdm stop` resp. `/etc/rc.d/kdm start` or > `telinit 3` resp. `telinit 5`. > > So the inittab method must be kept while I don't have an opinion > whether the rc scripts shall be kept or not. I think the argument of OP was that the inittab method should be the *only* method. If both methods are available, which one should be the default? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. -- Alan Kay
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