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From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To: mwest@cs.uct.ac.za
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	(message from Matthew West on Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:05:44 +0200 (SAST))
Subject: Re: starting X
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> 
> In /etc/rc.local:
> 
> # put your local stuff here
> echo -n 'xdm'
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> sleep 1
> echo '.'
> 
> --mwest@cs.uct.ac.za

If the xdm-pid file exists, it may stop xdm from starting.  It may be
better to clean-up first.  Also, it has been pointed out to me that
we should move from /etc/rc.local to /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  I haven't.

if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ] ; then
  # need to cleanup first.
  if [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid ] ; then
    rm -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid
  fi
  # now, we can start it.
  echo -n "xdm";   /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
fi

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid should be changed to point to the
xdm-pid file.  I believe this is the default location.

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