Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:05:28 +0200 (GMT) From: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za> To: rlyon@ozemail.com.au (Richard Lyon) Cc: fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk, hey@tuns.ca, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xdm and an inittab Message-ID: <199606251505.RAA24394@admin.is.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960625234659.176B-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> from "Richard Lyon" at Jun 26, 96 00:13:06 am
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Richard Lyon wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, James Raynard wrote: > > You need to run xdm from /etc/rc.local (not, contrary to some > > documentation somewhere, from /etc/ttys). > > The XFree readme file recommends /etc/ttys. It works. The first three text > consoles are still available. If xdm is started in rc.local, which > console does it use? The first available one. I've tinkered with placing the entry in /etc/ttys and it uses the first available console anyway. The nice thing about using /etc/ttys is that xdm gets respawned if you kill it (pressing Ctrl-C and the like.) This is especially useful for machines in a lab where people do stupid things like that. Any word on an inittab for FreeBSD? This would be more elegant. -- _ __ | Only my ideas here unless I say otherwise... ' ) ) / | (BeamJack@IRC) /--' ____/___o __ | "Nondum amabam, et amare amabam... quaerebam / \_(_) /_) (__/) )_ | quid amarem, amans amare." - St Augustine
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