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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:24:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm doesn't do anything
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970324192143.1867A-100000@light.pomona.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970324161249.jsd@gamespot.com>

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well... even if X for console isn't set up right for console, your machine
should still respond to xdmcp requests from X terminals.  

i used to run AcceleratedX, after Xinstall you should just be able to do
"startx" and it does something, with or without xdm

On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, random junk wrote:

> i'm feeling quite stupid.  i've tried playing with /etc/rc.local.  i've tried
> playing with /etc/ttys.  i can't make xdm do anything!  it just never ever
> shows its face, no matter how i invoke it.  i can see it running with ps, but
> it never takes over my screen.  i'm not trying to do anything fancy, just a
> simple single-user workstation scenario.
> 
> i'm using the Xinside accelerated X server, if that makes a difference...
> 
> -j-
> 




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