On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:49:20 +0000 Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > It depends what their existing experiences are. I came to debian without > stopping off at redhat or another distro on the way for very long, and I > don't find it confusing. In fact, I haven't ever customised my runlevels > (although I think I should probably look into it). [snip] True, my previous experiences are with (used to be) Mandrake > > All Linux doc's state runlevel 5 is for multiuser with X, while Debian > > gdm installs itself to runlevel 2... and this is not so obvious > > either. Most docs i read where talking about changing runlevels in > > order to stop/start gui login... > > Debian docs wouldn't, though. > > > I noticed that, in general, Debian tends to be as close as possible to > > the standards (i remember about a test some time ago where Debian was > > the closest distro to the official LFH). IMHO in this case it kinda' > > goes against the standard... > > For reference, the standards in question might be: > > LSB 3.1 chapter 20.5, "Run levels": > <http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/runlevels.html> > > I believe they've adopted these from the redhat convention. > > And the debian reference, reference, section 2.4.2: > <http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-runlevels> (Re)reading these now puts them in a totaly different light... Is there still any chance for a standard across distros? Diversity is good, but sometimes... Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
