Re: SEUL: Stopping dreams

[Cyberdyn <cyberdyn@seul.org>]

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On 17-Feb-98 The Thought Assassin wrote:
- -> This is not the point.
- -> Starting X automatically is easy. Starting X before someone logs in is a
- -> little harder, and this is what we were seeking, as far as i can tell.
- -> We don't want to worry people with what looks like a commandline
- -> interface, hence we are using XDM.

Right.

- -> The "problems" mentioned were that we didn't have a fallback mode if we
- -> started X automatically. I am not sure your proposal really helps here.
- -> It gives us a fallback mode, but I think we were after an X-based fallback
- -> mode.

I had thought of an X fallback, but I think in a crisis the shell menu might be
the best alternative.  After all the X fall-back may be effected by the same
problem.

- -> I think I might have a solution to this, which might also help with
- -> another issue that has not yet come up.
- -> Firstly, if XDM is killed by the SEU, then we don't want it coming back up
- -> automatically in case the screen mode is screwy. I would propose dropping
- -> back to a screen which has a nice text-based message on it telling them to
- -> hit enter to restart XDM. The good bit is: we can also tell them:

This is along the lines of the loop-o-death vaccination I'm working on.

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E-Mail: Cyberdyn@seul.org       Date: 17-Feb-98        Time: 01:47:09
Vote anarchist.


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