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From: "Richard Lyon" <rlyon@ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Making X go right away
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 07:08:32 +1000
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Depends on what you mean by "fire up right away".

You can add an entry in /etc/ttys. You never need to
 leave X for logging in or out of accounts.

See README.FreeBSD in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/docs for
details.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Sunday, 14 September 1997 3:23
Subject: Re: Making X go right away



Michael Richards wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to make X fire up right away? I remember I just
changed
> something in inittab for linux, but FreeBSD seems to be a little different
> :)
>

You just need to put "startx" or "xinit" in a startup script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d in 3.0, or perhaps in /etc/rc.local in earlier
versions.

There is also a trick you can play that will log you in automatically
and start up your desktop. Instead of the above, try
putting a file in your home directory called 'xstart' or whatever
with only the line 'xinit &' in it. Then in your startup script do:

su username < /usr/home/<user>/xstart &

Be *sure* to make these scripts 700 or 744 .