Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 20:17:01 -0400 From: "Vlad D.Markov" <markov@monmouth.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: X and xdm question Message-ID: <20030519201701.72435bdb.markov@monmouth.com>
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I generally use my FreeBSD computer as a workstation. I have other
unix-like computers around the house. I am attempting to run "xdm -
query theFreeBSDComputer" on one virtual terminal and "xdm -indirect
theFreeBSDComputer" in another virtual terminal. That way on one virtual
terminal I go directly to the FreeBSD computer and in the other I get a
chooser. This kind of works.
When the FreeBSD box boots up I get the chooser on the wrong virtual
terminal and a logon prompt on the other which is also wrong. When I
cancel the chooser, I get the proper logon window; when I CTRL-C the
logon window I get the chooser. This annoys me and I can't figure it
out.
I start xdm and XFree86 with the following script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d:
#!/bin/sh
pidfiledir=/var/run
xdm=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
x=/usr/X11R6/bin/X
# start
if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xstart" ]; then
if [ -f $xdm ]; then
echo -n ' Xdm'
$xdm
$x :0 -depth 16 vt09 -query $(hostname)&
echo $! > $pidfiledir/x.pid
sleep 5
$x :1 -depth 16 vt10 -indirect $(hostname)&
echo $! > $pidfiledir/x_1.pid
fi
# stop
elif [ "x$1" = "xstop" ]; then
kill $(cat $pidfiledir/x.pid)
kill $(cat $pidfiledir/x_1.pid)
kill $(cat $pidfiledir/xdm.pid)
fi
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I suspect the problem is in /etc/ttys. It looks like this:
<snip>
console none unknown off secure
#
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
# Serial terminals
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Thank you,
Vlad
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