Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:20:03 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@mail.iaces.com> To: schwenk@math.udel.edu (Peter Schwenk) Cc: marcus@miami.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM kookiness Message-ID: <199903221620.KAA09064@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <36F66B23.68192637@math.udel.edu> from Peter Schwenk at "Mar 22, 99 11:09:07 am"
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You have a little less control than doing it in a shell script. Curiously, When I had either 2.2.6 or 2.2.7 installed, I had to have it in ttys instead of a shell script. The machine locked up the other way, but worked fine this way. I didn't feel like trying to sort that one out. In a previous message, Peter Schwenk said: > I've read lots of people freak out about starting it there. Just curious... Why > do some people think it's a bad place to start it? > > Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke wrote: > > > You can also start it from /etc/ttys: > > > > ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > > > Then kill -1 1. > > > > Joe Clarke > > > > > > -- > PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator > Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware > schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- I wouldn't be caught dead with a necrophiliac. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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