On Tue, 5 May 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > This is a no-answer. Starting X from the console is a valid -- and > > even prefered, IMHO -- way of starting X. If I *need* to use xdm, I'll > > always have to have the memory-eating "X", which seems unaceptable for > > me, if I'm not using X. > > Ok, I should have provided more detail. > > Don't start X that way - if you must start it from the console, you can use > "startx & ; exit" to start it and logout. Or something along those lines.
Not much of a difference, but if I recall before I started using xdm, try (startx &); exit lockvc could be used but then you still leave yourself logged in on a vc and another program protecting it. If you are memory economizing, I would suggest the above. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.telmer.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
