On 11/25/2015 12:22 AM, Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 23 Nov 2015, John L. Ries wrote:
Actually, if someone is starting X via startx instead of a display manager,
it normally means either that the user is trying to test his X
configuration, or that X is only intended to run intermittently, with TTY
mode being the norm. So having X replace the terminal in that circumstance
does not at all strike me as a happy thing,
I don't agree with this. I don't use a desktop manager but even if I
did, I'd prefer to start X via startx. This gives me more control. If
something goes wrong with X you are screwed if you don't have an easily
accessible TTY to diagnose the problem. I'm sure I'm not alone in
this.
Not alone, at all. I run Mate, but I boot to a console, log in there,
and use startx to get my X session.
Marc
