On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 20:23 +0000, Alex wrote: > Additionally I found this in a example specfile (bundled with catalyst) > # If this is specified in your spec file, then the first user is also > the user > # used to start X. > > Maybe everybody can interpret it in his own way, but my interpretion was > that X gets automatically started by this user -> autologin
It's out of date, actually. There was also a bug in catalyst that caused "xdm" to be added to the default runlevel for "generic-livecd" which was never how it was designed. Instead, the specific session was *supposed* to be started via "startx" as the user. > But: dont you think it makes sense on a xlivecd to log the user > automatically in? just my opinion No. What if you have more than one user and don't want any to login? What if you don't want a particular session to be the default and want the user to choose? > I do not want to argue with you, but I can't imagine that anyone wants a > xlivecd to do not login automatically if there is a user. Ever seen a LiveCD created that required the use of a smart card to login? I have. ;] Besides the examples I mentioned above (and I have lots more) there is also the issue of reducing flexibility. Again, we do lots of things automatically for the releases, because we have defined what a release is *supposed* to be like. Making those same assumptions for our users goes against the spirit of Gentoo and removes options from the users, where they belong. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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