[arch-general] Display Manager rc.d scripts

[Thomas S Hatch]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net>wrote:

> 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
>

I am going to agree, the removal of the rc scripts would not benefit this
situation, booting into runlevel one, single user mode of init=/bin/bash can
all solve this problem, a LiveCD is VERY rarely required for system
recovery.

I have been using the rc scripts for the display managers for over 6 years
and NEVER had a problem with them. I would hate to see them leave because
some users did not know how to boot into an alternative runlevel.

-Thomas S Hatch