Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:04:21 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Marc Wandschneider <MarcW@Lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.local vs /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081802460.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C223305498B@akira.lanfear.com>
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Marc Wandschneider wrote:
>
>
> blaugh!
>
> so, I'm trying to set up xdm. I've looked on the
> FreeBSD-questions archive on www.freebsd.org, and it suggests that i put
> a few lines of code in:
>
> 1. /etc/rc.local
> OR
> 2. /usr/local/etc/rc.d
>
> Problem is, i have neither of these files.
>
> Should I create them? Is there some new location that has
> superseded these? If I create these, how can I be sure they're
> executed?
you can use either, but the suggested method for starting xdm
is using /etc/ttys, turn this line 'on'
ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
change to 'on' >----------^^^
enjoy,
-Alfred
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