Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 16:59:32 -0600 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: rlyon@ozemail.com.au, hey@tuns.ca, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <31D06F54.3D4C@Colorado.EDU> References: <199606252057.UAA02203@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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James Raynard wrote: > > > > You need to run xdm from /etc/rc.local (not, contrary to some > > > documentation somewhere, from /etc/ttys). > > > > > > > The XFree readme file recommends /etc/ttys. > > Yes, that was the documentation I had in mind. I have been told, on > good authority, that it should not be run from /etc/ttys, but can't > remember the reason offhand. If you put it in /etc/rc (or rc.lcoal) and anything goes wrong with your X Windows (/tmp/.X0-lock doesn't get removed, mouse gets unplugged, mouse doesn't probe right, XF86Config gets updated incorrectly, etc.) then you will get one error message and then a text login screen. If it is in the /etc/ttys, you will get three errors with three graphics/text screen switches every minute or so until you correct the problem. This is a pain to correct while it is switching. Also if your system gets rebooted remotely (or crashes) and the monitor is normally left on (in power-saver mode), it could potentially do this for a long time without anyone fixing it (this can't be good for the poor monitor). > > -- > James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland > james@jraynard.demon.co.uk -- Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 Boulder, CO 80309 \
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