tor, 07.04.2005 kl. 15.32 skrev Rahul Sundaram: > Antonio Vargas wrote: > > >On Apr 5, 2005 5:02 PM, Chris Ricker <kaboom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Ray Strode wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>> > >>>>Just noticed that the new gdm in rawhide allows early logon before the > >>>>entire system is up. But as I read about it in the init script does not > >>>>actually allow users to logon until the entire system is up. My question > >>>>is what is the purpose of this if you can't logon when the screen > >>>>appears? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>There are a number of advantages to starting gdm early. > >>> > >>>1) no rhgb means we don't have to start two X servers during the boot > >>>up process. This means faster bootup, less badness on bad hardware, > >>>etc... > >>> > >>> > > > >Is rhgb the one that show's a progress bar while starting services? > > > > yes it is. Red Hat graphical boot > > > >>>4) The user can type their username and password as soon as a login > >>>screen appears, then walk away--get coffee whatever--and come back with > >>>it all logged in. > >>> > >>> > > > >Yeah great security unless the desktop stays locked by default ;) > > > you have typically home desktop users doing this and its not a security > concern for them. > I use to go and grab some water while fc3 is booting at school. I do not want to leave my desk as a "sitting duck" while doing this, if i can't get a friend to watch the computer while i am away. Another problem with the early-gdm-start thingy, is where do you display error messages - services that fail to start etc. ? Services failing silent are *BAD*.
