xdm init script

[Auke Kok]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:39:46 +0200, Jannis <jannis at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:29:55 +0200, Jean Michel Bruenn wrote:
> 
>> Dear Lunar Community,
>> 
>> a user from the german lunar community found out that it seems like
>> there's no init script for xdm. as an answer to it, he wrote one
>> using the init-functions for lunar.
>> 
>> JPohlman said it would be good to discuss it so - Let's discuss who
>> wants this init script, and who not? ;-)
>> 
>> Attached the init Script, consider adding it somewhere.
> 
> Ok, first of all I don't know how relevant xdm still is. However, there
> are init scripts for gdm and Slim, so it is only consistent to privde
> one for xdm as well.
> 
> What also might be of interest is the question whether XOrg7 will
> provide a special module for xdm or if it's still inside of the main
> XOrg module (I don't anything about XOrg7, so ...).
> 
> If it's just adding an init.d/xdm file to the XOrg module, a mquery
> call to turn on/off xdm on boot and about four lines in the XOrg BUILD
> script, I vote for it. If the BUILD script already is bloated and xdm
> is almost irrelevant today, then we maybe should drop this idea.

there will be a separate xdm module, and so it only makes sense to add the init.d script for it as well - it will just not be installed by default (xdm - the module) I think since the abundance of better dm's.

in any case there is no xorg7/xdm module yet atm.

Auke