todays rawhide - feedback

[Jim Cornette]

dragoran wrote:
> I installed todays rawhide tree and found this issues: 1) why is
> there no shutdown/reboot in the gnome menus ? this is a desktop
> system and I do not want to suspend it.

It is an assumption upstream that reflects if your computer is capable 
of suspending, you do not need a shutdown choices. A lot of comments 
previously in gnome-power-manager thread.

> 2) the user switch feature disappeared from gnome-screensaver I was
> using test2+updates (some days/weeks old) and did not had this 
> issues. can this changes be reverted in fc5 final? 

Upstream? RH developers? gdmflexiserver could do the same?

> other issues : beagled should be started by default if it is enabled
> in the preferences (had to add it to the gnome-session) 

Not familiar with the intent of the program. I did dislike the very 
large emails sent to system in the past generated by beagle. If as I 
suppose, it is some "new and improved" GUI file search tool, I have not 
tried the program myself. I still use locate from the CLI.


> why is xfs started by default in runlevel 3 ? If I boot into runlevel
> 3 (=textmode) I do not need xfs (doubt that anybody needs it)

Traditionally, it was not wise to start in runlevel 5 and was considered 
safer to start in runlevel 3. In runlevel 3, I myself start X via startx 
command. Runlevel 3 simply allows you when to launch and close X with 
multiple virtual terminals. Runlevel 5 presents the respawning if X 
fails with virtual terminals. If xfs is needed to run startx, leave it 
in runlevel 3.

  Jim


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