From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 11 11:46:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1641315319 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:46:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id LAA93276; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:46:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:46:28 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199903111946.LAA93276@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, jrs@enteract.com Subject: Re: strating the GUI In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:38:02 -0600 (CST) >From: John Sconiers >Quick question that I don't think is technical enough for -qustions. Have >a desktop. Is there a way to get an xwindows login prompt simular to >solaris' or start windows automatically. I know I can do a startx at the >end of my .profile but I just wondered if there was another way. The program you seek is called "xdm". I find the discussion of it in the O'Reilly _X Window System Administrator's Guide_ (Vol. 8 of the series) useful. Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message