Russell Coker wrote: > Why not use xdm? It works for me.
Yeah, nothing seriously wrong with xdm -- I just think it's overkill. > On my Thinkpad I have xdm (or more specifically kdm) running > displays on vt5 and vt6 so if I am logged in I can lock the screen, > change to the other vt, and let someone play with my machine. Now that's serious overkill -- you always have two Xservers running, wasting RAM when you're not using the second. I created a little script that searches through /tmp, finds the first unused DISPLAY, and starts an Xserver there. So I can quickly and easily run as many Xservers as I want, for as many users as I want, but don't need to have any extras running. Still, your approach is the more, er, conventional one, and is probably good enough for less hackish people. :-) > For when the X server dies I have the SAK enabled in the kernel. Definitely a good plan. :-) Anyway, this is not very laptop-related any more (was it ever?) so I'm going to drop the thread now. cheers -- Chris Waters, Systems Engineer, Critical Path, Inc. phone: 1(415) 344-5518 or 1(415) 254-5913 (mobile) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
