[Bug 17503] GDM is loaded with Live CD: is this really necessary?

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------- Additional Comments From magsilva at gmail.com  2005-10-10 22:40 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #2) 
> (In reply to comment #0) 
> > Trying the Ubuntu LiveCD 5.10 RC, I run into some problem that required me to 
> > kill the X server. What a surprise was I was given a GDM login screen. 
> > Unfortunately, I couldn't choose a different session type (failsafe, e.g.), so 
> > that login screen was quite useless. 
>  
> Why couldn't you choose a different session type? 
 
Well, I can choose a different one, but it doesn't make a difference, at least for safe terminal. As I choose that option, 
Ubuntu keeps loading Gnome (and not just a terminal window - xterm - as it should be). 
 
>  
> > If so, wouldn't be a better idea to do not 
> > load the GDM on startup, saving both some seconds of loading time and some memory? 
>  
> gdm doesn't require much in the way of resources, and this configuration allows 
> the live CD to remain very close to the way that the installed system works, 
> which is valuable both for maintainability and debugging purposes. 
 
 

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