Hi,
Chris Gianelloni wrote:
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It's out of date, actually.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.
so I do not understand the sense livecd/xdm option. Does it only change
the variable in /etc/rc.conf?
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?
Well, I just get irritated by the template-specfile. But if it would
automatically login by default, I would just keep the livecd/xdm option
blank in this case.
What if you don't want a particular session to be the default and want
the user to choose?
Just specify no xsession (that would by _my_ way)
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. ;]
See above ;) (btw: isn't such a livecd very specific?)
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.
I like the flexibility of gentoo and its sub-projects, without it I
probably wouldn't use it. I just get irritated by the comments in the
template-specfile, but you have said it is out of date, so I think this
is clarified (for me), except the sense of livecd/xdm and
livecd/xsession (I don't understand it).
Bye.
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