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Date:      Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:27:41 +0000
From:      Sperber <sperber@w3.brgkepler.asn-graz.ac.at>
To:        Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com>
Cc:        Artashes Hovasapyan <a_hovasapyan@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree86
Message-ID:  <3A02E77D.40022C1D@w3.brgkepler.asn-graz.ac.at>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001103094800.43237A-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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well when u have it in etc/ttys it always restarts - whatever u do
but with a startscript u could kill it...
so it's just a small difference...

Doug Denault wrote:

> When I was getting help configuring a laptop, I ended up with a startup
> script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. Is there any practical difference in doing
> it this way?
>
> Laptop is 3.5 + PAO but the /etc/ttys entry is present.
>
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Sperber wrote:
>
> > Artashes Hovasapyan wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > > Can You tell me how to boot machine
> > > directly in graphical mode, i.e.
> > > graphical logon screen.
> > > My OS is FreeBSD4.1-Release.
> >
> > have a look in your /etc/ttys
> > there is a tty defined for xdm - but it is turned off
> > turn it on and it should work
> > (u should configure xdm before that)
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Best regards,
> > > Artashes Hovasapyan
> > >
> >
> > good luck - sperber
> >
> >
> >
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