<br><tt><font size=2>"Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." <webe3vt@aim.com>
wrote on 13/04/2011 18:50:38:<br>
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> I have been using the Ubuntu PPA for freeNX on my Debian machines
for a<br>
> while. I run Debian testing/wheezy. I am using the karmic
freeNX<br>
> version because later versions have a dependency on upstart. Debian
has<br>
> not decided to go the upstart direction so I would rather not install<br>
> upstart. Is there a way to make freeNX not depend on upstart?</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Well . . .</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>. . . you can either install it anyway and write your
own startup script</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>or create your own package.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>If you look at the startup scrit you will see it deletes
old lock files and</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>makes sure the host key has its correct name, rather
than starting</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>a daemon, so you can actually manage without it.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>[SNIP]</font></tt>