Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:10:44 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kdm on bootup Message-ID: <20030627131044.GB73549@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <200306270658.45801.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <200306262240.26449.racerx@makeworld.com> <200306270819.h5R8J1uI086429@makeworld.com> <200306270658.45801.racerx@makeworld.com>
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 06:58:45AM -0500, Chris wrote:
> On Friday 27 June 2003 03:18 am, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote:
> > On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote:
> > > Hiya -
> > >
> > > What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what
> > > might that line look like.
> >
> > The file you have to change is /etc/ttys
> >
> > The corresponding entry in my /etc/ttys looks like this:
> >
> > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
> >
> > So you probably just have to replace "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" with
> > the path to kdm plus options you want to give.
>=20
> Odd, on my 4.8 box - I did this. Didn't/dosn't work. Unless instead of ju=
st=20
> using tty8, I add that to 1 - 7 perhaps?
No - did you also change "off" to "on"? Tell your kernel to reread
/etc/ttys (among others):
# kill -HUP 1
and, provided you got your command line right, {k,x}dm will start.
Your character terminals will still be available by hitting CTRL-ALT-Fn.
Dan
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