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Date:      Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:57:29 +0100
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
To:        jef53313@bayou.uh.edu
Cc:        "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: XDM login
Message-ID:  <36DA80A9.1BAB82C5@partitur.se>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902281958220.450-100000@dorm-36314.rh.uh.edu>

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Jonathan Fosburgh wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Michael G. wrote:
> 
> > ..no answer in the archives so....
> >
> > When I modify /etc/ttys to enable an xdm login I do infact
> > get the screen..but can't log in...I'm forced to ctl+alt+f1
> > to a standard terminal to log in... is there something I
> > missed?
> Don't do it this way.  You want to invoke xdm from /etc/rc.local.  There

or /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/xdm.sh... rc.local is kind of deprecated.

/Palle


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