>> "MEM" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> xdm was installed without asking me if I wanted to boot with it.
MEM> that's how it works now. If you don't want it, don't install it.
MEM> I don't think it's wise to install that package in most
MEM> configurations.
You hardly have a chance. One of the X packages suggests xdm. And you
know how persistant dselect is about suggests :-(
What I fear is, that (new)users install X (and xdm, like dselect
suggests). Then don't finish X configuration, or misconfigure X. Then
they give up for the day. Next time they start Debian, they get the
blinking screen syndrom, when xdm tries to start the X server ad
infinitum.
Then we will have a hard time telling them how to disable xdm in
singleuser mode.
Policy says, that a package should be functional after installation. I
don't know if this is wise for xdm. Maybe it should come disabled and
print a message how to enable in in postinst.
Ciao,
Martin
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