Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > In a desktop environment, the user needs to do a special action to run > the shell (such as starting the Gnome Terminal). It's somewhat unlikely > that the user ends up in the "scary black screen" by accident, and even > then he can easily find the familiar close button in the title bar of > the window. My point is that today's user only gets a shell when he > wants a shell, and users who don't know how to use the shell won't want it.
If something happens to X then a user can end up in the terminal. Even a faulty application can trash X. Maybe all what is needed is a small script and a warning. Suppose we write a script called "desktop" or "start-desktop" that can start X, Gnome, KDE or whatever is installed on the system - with safe values for e.g. the X config. Sort of like Windows' rescue mode. Then have a message appear when the terminal starts (not the virtual terminals that you can start from your desktop, but the terminal you get when X is dead) that reads something like: "If your desktop accidentally died, type "start-desktop" and hit the return key or type "reboot" to restart your computer." If it can be made so that this message only appears when X is installed but not running on the system, then even better. -- Sander Marechal http://www.gnome-hearts.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
