From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 14:52:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA25972 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA25917 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA02203; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:57:15 GMT Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:57:15 GMT Message-Id: <199606252057.UAA02203@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: rlyon@ozemail.com.au CC: hey@tuns.ca, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Richard Lyon on Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:13:06 +1000 (EST)) Subject: Re: your mail Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > You need to run xdm from /etc/rc.local (not, contrary to some > > documentation somewhere, from /etc/ttys). > > > > The XFree readme file recommends /etc/ttys. Yes, that was the documentation I had in mind. I have been told, on good authority, that it should not be run from /etc/ttys, but can't remember the reason offhand. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk