Justin B Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's the default x-display-manager launched on boot; that is, the > option the system uses in the absence of any instructions to the > contrary (in this case I suppose via update-rc.d or something). > This is in line with how the word "default" is used in contexts such > as "default options", "default installs", etc, though it's > definitely a bit of a jargonism - the word's connotations in (eg) a > financial setting are completely different.
Understood, but that is "the default ..." (default as adjective), not "by default" (default as noun or verb?). > If there were several clearly better options but none of them were > available/successful, the "last choice" isn't called a "default" > (although in a sense it's what the system is "defaulting" to), it's > called a "fallback". I think it used to be that I used update-rc.d on the *dm scripts to set the preferred choice, then if nothing worked, xterm was run by default - does that no longer happen? Regards, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
