On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:31:58 -0500
Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 22:41 +0300, Thanasis wrote:
> > How can we set the xdm/gdm not to start before the agetty processes 
> > (during the boot phase)?
> 
> I actually run /etc/init.d/xdm manually after a boot because, chances
> are, if I've rebooted my machine there's stuff I'm gonna want to do
> from the command line before I start a desktop.
> 
> Or as a previous poster said.
> 
> # rc-upate del xdm
> # echo '/etc/init.d/xdm start' >> /etc/conf.d/local.start
> 
> I don't think you'd need to add anything to local.stop but you may
> wanna verify that.
> 
> --
> Albert W. Hopkins
> 
You might want to stop XDM gracefully rather than pulling the rug out
from under its feet with the TERM signal.  I don't know why it would
matter, but I bet you'll end up with artifacts in /tmp, ~/, or
something otherwise.  
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