On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 05/08/2011 02:15 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: > >> 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. >> > > Not true. You could fix this (rare) situation by booting into single user > mode rather than a LiveCD. > > Not sure I see why the rc scripts should be removed to handle this rare > corner case ... > > DR > I am going to agree, the removal of the rc scripts would not benefit this situation, booting into runlevel one, single user mode of init=/bin/bash can all solve this problem, a LiveCD is VERY rarely required for system recovery. I have been using the rc scripts for the display managers for over 6 years and NEVER had a problem with them. I would hate to see them leave because some users did not know how to boot into an alternative runlevel. -Thomas S Hatch
