Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 08:36:41 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/3590: Little mistake in ttys Message-ID: <19970516083641.QE31734@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199705141010.DAA08371@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on May 14, 1997 03:10:01 -0700 References: <199705141010.DAA08371@hub.freebsd.org>
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Actually, I think the FAQ is wrong - I start xdm from my /etc/ttys > and it works just fine, nor is it a big problem should X start falling > over since I can always switch to a different VTY and kill xdm. You can't if your Xserver crashes over and over again. :-) Anyway, i went through this at lengths with Nate, and we agreed that both are valid points. The default xdm Xservers file needs a ``vt04'' added in order to start xdm from /etc/rc, while /etc/ttys needs the `nodaemon' crock. The probably ``most correct'' fix is to make the window-system feature of init(8) actually work, as promised in the man page (maybe the man page ttys(5), i'm not sure). Seems that's also the point where Nate eventually gave up, waiting for better times (or just more time...). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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