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Subject: Re: kdm
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From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2001 11:59:48 -0400
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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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