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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:31:17 +0100
From:      "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>
To:        <eric@tek-shop.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: error starting kdm from getty
Message-ID:  <005701c17747$cbc12260$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de>
References:  <200111270728.fAR7SF951440@syndicate.tek-shop.com>

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Hi Eric,

> I'm trying to start kdm by including the folllowing in /etc/ttys:
>
> ttyv7 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
>
> kdm starts upon bootup, but I get an error on my console that says
> [kdm_config]: unknown command line option 'ttyv7'

Only a cosmetic problem. getty sends ttyv7 as additional command line
parameter, when it starts kdm. It does the same for xdm, but xdm
silently ignores this parameter, whereas kdm shouts, that it doesn't
know what to do with it.

The man page for xdm doesn't mention a tty parameter, so to kill the
passing of this parameter must have been overlooked, when xdm changed
it's needs. When I saw this first, I obviously forgot to file a PR. :-)

Ciao
Siegbert


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