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Date:      Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:44:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Yingjun (Ian) He" <hey@tuns.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626184319.227A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199606232301.QAA00348@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Yingjun (Ian) He wrote:

> I am running FreeBSD2.1 with X-window. How can I get the graphics login window
> instead of the text mode login prompt when I boot up the system or when I
> logout?

Have xdm start when your system boots.  One way is to put it in 
/etc/ttys; the other is to start xdm from rc.local.  Instructions for the 
first one are included in the install instructions for X I believe.

I personally use the second method.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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