[arch-general] Display Manager rc.d scripts

David Rosenstrauch darose at darose.net
Mon May 9 17:55:06 EDT 2011


On 05/08/2011 02:15 PM, Heiko Baums wrote:
> With the rc scripts it's only possible to having started xorg at boot
> time if the script is in the DAEMONS array. So if xorg fails for a
> reason and doesn't allow you to switch to console you need a LiveCD to
> first remove it from the DAEMONS to be able to use the system again.

Not true.  You could fix this (rare) situation by booting into single 
user mode rather than a LiveCD.

Not sure I see why the rc scripts should be removed to handle this rare 
corner case ...

DR


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