Re: Re: [Rule-list] qlogin

[chris clark]

I took a while to answer this, bacause I wanted to fire up my slow machine and 
refresh my memory.

On my slow box, I power on, wait a while to boot, login, startx, wait for X, 
and wait some more for app(s). I'd like to enter a password seconds after 
powerup, and walk away and return (coffee in hand) to a machine that's ready to 
use. The difference in total "machine time" to boot
might not be different, but the subjective impression would be better. 

You are correct, however in saying that there would probably be no objective 
improvement in startup time.
On any machine fast enough not to invite walking away
during startup, it'd be a non-issue.


-----Original Message-----
From: Marco Fioretti <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:51:39 +0200 
Subject: Re: [Rule-list] qlogin

On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 11:32:44 at 11:32:44AM +0000, chris clark wrote:
> I just did a bit of reading on qlogin:
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue69/henderson.html
> and it sounds interesting. seems as though on a
> single user machine, one could boot right into an
> X-windows (or bash) session from lilo. Actually, since lilo
> can do passwords, even multiuser machines could.
>
> Certainly could reduce the time between switching on
> the power and doing something.
>
I remember reading that article last summer, but I got the impression
that it doesn't speed up or bypass the standard init sequence in any
way. When that is finished, it saves you from entering the password.

Or not?

        Ciao,
                Marco Fioretti