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Date:      Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:31:14 -0800
From:      William Richard <wdr@tdl.com>
To:        Manuel Enrique <phylos@mail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to Set up XDM or KDM in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <38C85E72.89262DBC@tdl.com>
References:  <385450508.952578173065.JavaMail.root@web18.pub01>

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Manuel Enrique wrote:
> 
> Hi Hello!
> 
> I need information about how to set up XDM or KDM in FreeBSD so When I turn
> on my machine I enter directly to Xwindows without typing "startx" anytime I
> login in FreeBSD.

Well, you can either add a line to /etc/rc.local:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm

Or you can make a change in /etc/ttys:

/dev/ttyv8  "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm  on secure

(in fact, this line is probably already in /etc/ttys; just change the
"off" to "on").

However, simply making XDM start at boot is not enough.  You must do
some configuration beforehand, or you will end up mighty confused.

There was an article in the January 2000 edition of Daemon News
<http://www.daemonnews.org/>; about XDM; you might consider looking
there.  And say hi to the author for me.

Good luck.


Cheers,
William Richard
wdr@tdl.com


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