Hello, I am not a developer or expert on policy, but as far as I know the intent of xdm is to start linux up X rather than on the terminal. Now as debians default init level is 2, it seems natural to me to make the appropriate links for xdm in that init level (otherwise it would seem to the uninitiate that xdm was not working).
IMHO, if you dont want X to start up on boot, then why do you want to install xdm?? If it is not installed, it doesnt make the links.... John. Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Brian Servis wrote: > > > *- On 12 Nov, Adam C Powell IV wrote about "Re: stopping x from starting > > automatically" > > > > > > Is there some reason xdm and gdm are linked from /etc/rc.2 and > > > /etc/rc.3? I thought only runlevel 5 was supposed to start X by > > > default. I remove these links myself, but it seems like making this > > > default would be real easy, and would make Debian that much more > > > standard.
