[arch-general] Display Manager rc.d scripts

[Magnus Therning]

On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:05:34PM +0200, Kwpolska wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 07:53:49PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > How would you make sure e.g. kdm was started before (or after)
> > another daemon if you use the runlevel approach?
> 
> If you use the runlevel approach, DMs start after all DAEMONS.  This
> is usually the right behavior.  You start DBUS and other crap
> and then go for Xorg.

But it's still added complication to a system that is simple and not
very contentious[1].

/M

[1] As an Arch user for a couple of years this is the first time I've
heard using runlevels being suggested.
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