Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:02:22 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Xterminals but not on console Message-ID: <4E8DD10E.9030409@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <CAEFCw4u1VOA8V1=7VRBx2YrxM63S0nooL0L=bxGCESNTFz3sjw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEFCw4sK9rNvmb9rcM3GD4AJixBO29VGyLxq65wQrx=%2BOCmNGA@mail.gmail.com> <4E8DADC9.2000902@otenet.gr> <CAEFCw4u1VOA8V1=7VRBx2YrxM63S0nooL0L=bxGCESNTFz3sjw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/10/2011 6:24 μμ, n dhert wrote: > Hi, > In your labserver, do you have a graphical login window at your labserver or > not ? > I don't want a graphical login, since I can't get anymore to the login > prompt via Ctrl Alt F1 No graphical login. My lab server stops at the console login prompt. > In KDM, the config directory is /usr/local/share/config/kdm for kdm window > manager, there is no > Xservers file, and I can't see any file .. there are Xaccess, Xwilling, > Xstartup, Xreset, Xsession files > and a large kdmrc file. There are no man pages for kdm, kdm-bin, Xaccess, > etc... > > I tried setting ServerCmd="" instead of ServerCmd=/usr/local/bin/X -br in > the kdmrc file ... > Now I only have /usr/local/bin/kdm-bin running, not /usr/local/bin/X > Don't really know how KDM handles this. You could however - as a last resort - disable KDM and use xdm as your login manager. It is a bit "rough" (see login screens here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonic2000gr/5033230929/in/set-72157625053818002) but it can start up any GUI using a simple .xsession file (xdm is not installed along with X but it is a very small port, x11/xdm). > Am I right to believe the primary role of a local X server (local= on > labserver) is to have a graphical environment on that labserver machine ? > Yes, absolutely. There is no need to run a GUI on the lab server. It's a waste of CPU cycles and memory.
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