[snip] > > Isn't ctrl-alt-F[1-6] good enough to get into console mode? In what > circumstances whould you not want X to start up on boot if you had > installed a *dm? >
In the circumstance when you are serving a flock of dumb clients
from a single machine. NCD Xterms for example. In this case you *NEED* a *dm
running with network access turned on but the machine itself may not even have
a video.
This setup is a small percentage of the installed base but it does
exist and is used.
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