On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 20:23 +0000, Alex wrote:
> Additionally I found this in a example specfile (bundled with catalyst)
> # If this is specified in your spec file, then the first user is also
> the user
> # used to start X.
>
> Maybe everybody can interpret it in his own way, but my interpretion was
> that X gets automatically started by this user -> autologin
It's out of date, actually.
There was also a bug in catalyst that caused "xdm" to be added to the
default runlevel for "generic-livecd" which was never how it was
designed. Instead, the specific session was *supposed* to be started
via "startx" as the user.
> But: dont you think it makes sense on a xlivecd to log the user
> automatically in? just my opinion
No.
What if you have more than one user and don't want any to login?
What if you don't want a particular session to be the default and want
the user to choose?
> I do not want to argue with you, but I can't imagine that anyone wants a
> xlivecd to do not login automatically if there is a user.
Ever seen a LiveCD created that required the use of a smart card to
login? I have. ;]
Besides the examples I mentioned above (and I have lots more) there is
also the issue of reducing flexibility. Again, we do lots of things
automatically for the releases, because we have defined what a release
is *supposed* to be like. Making those same assumptions for our users
goes against the spirit of Gentoo and removes options from the users,
where they belong.
--
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux
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