Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:45:18 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: booting into X (was: Boot and MBR (Gnome)) Message-ID: <16447.29726.744736.366502@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <403F7020.6000609@daleco.biz> References: <88EB08D16800D34EA145D7DD2AA44998E64C@minnie.outland> <20040227120039.GC46716@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <403F7020.6000609@daleco.biz>
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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes: > I did this just last night; this seems to do it > (and I was a bad boy, just hacked it w/o looking > at the docs) .... > > <kadmin@archangel> [/home/kadmin][10:26] > #cat /etc/ttys | grep gdm > ttyv0 "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm" cons25 on secure It is my understanding that booting into X is not encouraged. However, if you (generic) must do it then the ttys method is the wrong way to go. Instead, add the appropriate commands at the end of /etc/rc.local. Robert Huff
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