Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:41:28 +1030 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No X for user - RTFM Message-ID: <02011516412801.01288@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20020114153557.570daab5.steve@velosystems.net> References: <02011509533600.01039@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> <20020114153557.570daab5.steve@velosystems.net>
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On Tuesday 15 January 2002 10:05, Steve Wingate wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:53:36 +1030 > > "Brian Astill" <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> wrote: > > I have run into the familiar "XF86OpenConsole ...." error when > > trying to enter X as a user. > > So RTFM - in particular the FAQ. > > In /etc/ttys, I found: > > ttyv8. "usr/X11R6/bin/xdm - nodaemon". xterm. off secure > > and changed off to on. > > Those periods in that xdm line don't belong so I don't know where you > got those from. From the file itself - I was most particular about being exact. Maybe all I have to is remove those periods? Other lines have them in similar places, though. > Otherwise, you can always install xwrapper so users > can start X11 from a command prompt. Should be in ports. I have Xwrapper in my system. When I type "Xwrapper" I get details about usage, none of which seem to relate to starting an X session. -- Regards, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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