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Re[4]: Selecting a default window manager.
"Peter L. Peres" <plp@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Evgeny Stambulchik wrote:
>
> >"Peter L. Peres" <plp@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> >
> >> plp:~$ cat /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> >> #!/bin/sh
> >> exec XF86_S3V ${@+"$@"}
> >>
> >
> >Isn't it an overkill? What's wrong with a symlink from X to a real
> binary?
>
> ;)
>
> Think of what happens if you want to add some options on the command line
> to the server, and some more options that are always added. Ex: -bpp ??
This one can be tuned by XF86Config. And since running X as user is anyway
deprecated, one can always put any extra command line switches inside of
/etc/rc.d/rc.4 (or whatever runs xdm).
Regards,
Evgeny
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