From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue May 8 2: 6:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from miranda.mbl.uib.no (miranda.mbl.uib.no [129.177.70.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA48837B422 for ; Tue, 8 May 2001 02:06:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karin@miranda.mbl.uib.no) Received: (from karin@localhost) by miranda.mbl.uib.no (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4896xu41113; Tue, 8 May 2001 11:06:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from karin) Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:06:59 +0200 From: Karin Lagesen To: Web Razter Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StartX or graphical login Message-ID: <20010508110659.C38424@miranda.mbl.uib.no> Mail-Followup-To: Karin Lagesen , Web Razter , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010507172344.7556.qmail@web4304.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010507172344.7556.qmail@web4304.mail.yahoo.com>; from webrazter@yahoo.com on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 10:23:44AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 10:23:44AM -0700, Web Razter wrote: > I (once, I swear!) tried Linux Mandrake 7.0 and had a > choice of a graphical login or regular login (althogh > how I got from one to the other I don't remember). Can > this be done in FreeBSD? > > If not, how do I get startx to run after the system > has booted and I login from the shell? I seem to recall that in the file /etc/ttys this line here needs to be set to 'on', as this shows: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Mind you, this is entirely IIRC. Mvh, Karin -- Karin Lagesen, karin@ii.uib.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message