Comment 5 for bug 436936
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| Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker (ilmari) wrote Re: [Bug 436936] Re: gdm upstart job checks /proc/cmdline for single user mode, won't dtrt on post-boot runlevel change | #5 |
Gary Bilkus <email address hidden> writes:
> Even in the case where you don't want gdm to run ( e.g. passing "text"
> in the kernel parameters ) the current logic is still inelegant as the
> respawn means that the 'exit 0' statement causes the script to run
> multiple times before being stopped as spawning too fast. The end
> behaviour may be as intended, but.....
The kernel command line should only affect the behaviour on initial
startup. It should always be possible to manually start gdm later.
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ilmari
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