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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    RE: Debian X package shouldn't install XDM by default
From:       "Marc Wilson" <marc () moonkingdom ! net>
Date:       2001-04-16 17:42:26
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If that's the case, you boot the machine, dump it into maintenance ('linux
single'), kill the X configuration, and allow the boot to continue.  Instant
text console while you fix X.

I agree... xdm and friends should be part of a valid 'task-x-window-system'.
Whether they're part of the core or not... ahh, that's another subject.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Rahul Jain [mailto:rahul@rice.edu]
Sent:	Saturday, April 14, 2001 3:05 PM
To:	Michael Schmitz
Subject:	Re: Debian X package shouldn't install XDM by default

On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:01:05PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> Must be the same sort of person as one who doesn't remember you can always
> switch to a text console with control-alt-F1. xdm makes perfect sense
> for a workstation install. Am I missing something?

situations where the config is b0rked enough that ctrl-alt-F1 doesn't work.

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