Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:24:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: malte.lance@gmx.net Cc: tomdean@ix.netcom.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems Restarting xdm Message-ID: <199808042324.QAA11676@usr07.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <13766.50765.170940.775527@neuron.webmore.de> from "Malte Lance" at Aug 4, 98 10:30:14 am
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> > The XFree86 readme suggests starting xdm from /etc/ttys. The FreeBSD > > FAQ suggests starting xdm from rc.local. Either way, if there is, for > > example, a power glitch reboot, xdm will not start without root > > intervention. I believe this is because the pid file exists. > > Do you clean up /tmp on bootup ? > If not, maybe /tmp/.X<n>-lock bites you after "power glitch reboot". This is a job for ... rc.d. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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