Hi,
I don't think it would be easy to simply remove the package each time,
especially if the package is part of the kernel, eg knsfd.
For other things, yes, one can always remove the package to suit oneself.
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From: Angus Lees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> If you are trying different window managers or other configuration
things,
>> you probably don't want to switch on X automatically.
>
> /etc/init.d/xdm stop
Yes, but I wanted it stopped at boot time and only started when the user
wanted it, so that's why I altered the runlevel. Of course, I could have
altered the startup link (Snnxdm or whatever) as well, there are lots of
ways to do things, and, like PERL, no one way is absolutely correct.
> you are a solaris user, aren't you ;)
Yes (x 6) and IRIX (x 14) and Linux (x 5, 2 distros) and Win NT (x 1) and
occasionally other things.
I look for commonality between systems...
> "reboot" or "halt" are equal or less keystrokes, and much more
> descriptive.
Agreed, but the old RH 486 seems to only understand init and shutdown -h
now,
also on a multi-user system it is nicer to users to give them some warning
before rebooting.
Not that that has anything to do with runlevels.
I also agree that runlevels are usually completely beyond the average user,
and should probably be set up along with the installation (well, assuming
the user is an "average" user!).
- Jill.
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