Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:55:42 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login by using XFree86... Message-ID: <16359.15918.369658.612494@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <200312230258.03345.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <1015329605.20031222121250@hotbox.ru> <200312222032.18024.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <16359.3742.634815.747624@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200312230258.03345.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Malcolm Kay writes: > > While many people fo this, it has been (semi-officially) > > discouraged since the days of 2.x. > > What are you regfering to; the method of starting at boot, > or the concept of starting 'xdm' at boot? The idea of starting the display manager out of /etc/ttys. (The recommended way, if I remember correctly, is to put in rc.local.) I have seen a persuasive case made (but can neither quote or reconstruct it ex tempore) that the /etc/ttys method is both philospohically wrong and likely to bring greater grief if something snafus. Robert Huff
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