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Subject: Re: Kdm at boot
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On Friday 06 February 2004 10:51 am, Edd Barrett wrote:
> What is the correct way of starting kdm at boot? I have tried echo
> "/usr/local/bin/kdm >> /etc/rc.local" , but this causes the system to hang.
> kdm works fine if executed on a root shell. Someone told me to do a wait 5
> && kdm, but i see this as a bodge.
>
> Thanks

In /etc/ttys I have:

ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure

Jeff