Date: 26 Apr 2001 11:59:48 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kdm Message-ID: <x766frps7f.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01c0cda4$7be4d9a0$9c1576d8@inethouston.net> References: <000c01c0cda4$7be4d9a0$9c1576d8@inethouston.net>
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The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well.
>>>>> "MJT" == Michael J Turner <mike@inethouston.net> writes:
MJT> hi does anyone know how to get kdm to start up when fbsd boots?
MJT> I have tried to put it in rc.local but that didnt really work out.
Here's how I have to do it. If there is no delay, the console locks
up hard.
if [ ! -d /var/run/authdir ]; then
mkdir -p /var/run/authdir
fi
# sleep before firing up kdm since there are issues with
# getty and X playing with the keyboard at the same time.
# if we delay, it allows them to not step on each other.
echo -n ' xdm'; (sleep 5; ${xdm_program} ${xdm_flags})&
and I set xdm_program and xdm_flags as thus:
xdm_program="/usr/local/bin/kdm"
xdm_flags=""
Of course, the location of /var/run/authdir depends on how it is set
in your xdm-config file. I've posted my entire configuration here
before, so check the archives (perhaps in the stable@ list also).
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