Re: SEUL: SEUL duplicating efforts?

[George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org>]

There is an alternative to XDM. I have seen reference recently to a
postscript screen rasterizer much like Sun Solaris uses. It is used for
both text and GUI screens. I will do some digging around after I get some
sleep.


On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Donovan Rebbechi wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Erik Walthinsen wrote:
> 
> > > Some heavy-duty improvements to the startx script wouldn't go
> > > astray. What would be really nice is a program that generates an
> > > 'xstartup' script or something of the sort. Just some program that invites
> > > you to do some options (Xauthority, default color depth , config file etc)
> > > and spits out a script.
> > 
> > We should be making use of XDM for SEUL.  The use of startx doesn't allow 
> > the machine to be used by multiple people without going into text mode.  In 
> > order to log into the machine, they have to log into a text-based virtual 
> > console and type startx, or have it done for them.  XDM or similar allows 
> > us to stay completely graphical, which is the goal.
> 
> Standardizing on XDM is a nice idea, in that XDM takes care of some of the
> main newbie annoyances, such as greatly simplifying the process of
> starting multiple X-sessions, and taking care of X-authentication. 
> 
> You can do this with xinit but not  with
> startx, so it's basically due to a shortcoming with the startx script.
> Like I said, the existing startx script is not very good, since it doesn't
> do what it's supposed to (fire up X and take care of everything in a
> sensible way) 
> 
> My questions about XDM at the moment are:
> 
> (a)	It's hard to set things such as colour depth when you're running
> XDM (still haven't worked this one out ...), some kind of "intuitive"
> configuration tools for XDM would be nice. (?)
> 
> (b)	What would happen in case of emergency ( ie X-Windows not working
> properly ) ? Possibly makes diagnostic work a little harder. I guess you
> could boot into run level 2 or 3 ... (?)	
> 
> -- Donovan
> 
> 
> 

George Bonser 
If NT is the answer, you didn't understand the question. (NOTE: Stolen sig)
http://www.debian.org
Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system.