Does tor relaying work without onion running

[arygroup at gmail.com]

On 06/09/10 13:45, tor_ml wrote:
> On 09/06/2010 12:00 PM, arygroup at gmail.com wrote:
>> I ran onion from root and configured it for relaying. It was ok, there
>> was an onion icon in system tray. Then I rebooted. Onion is not loaded,
>> I wonder if I have to run it manually for tor relaying each time (or set
>> autostart somehow, I'm newbie with linux), or that configuration I did
>> before via onion is enough.
> 
> If it is a server withouth X I would simply install tor and make sure it
> gets started at boot time. via /etc/rcX.d/

Tor starts at boot time.

> But I suppose you are speaking of a single user desktop environment
> using Tor+Polipo+Vidalia (systray icon you mentioned).

Yes, sorry. I called Vidalia "onion" by mistake.

> In this case you might start vidalia automatically after you login.
> 
> You can tell Vidalia to start tor and polipo.

But tor itself is started at boot time. As well as polipo. My question
is if I have to start manually/at boot time Vidalia to start relaying,
or is that done by starting tor daemon?