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From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/3590; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:  Subject: Re: conf/3590
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:34:55 -0400 (EDT)

 Yet Another Opinion on This Contentious Bug
 
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  tIM...HOEk
 OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
               hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
 
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 Date: 22 Apr 1998 13:29:44 +0200
 From: Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>
 To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
 Cc: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@worldbank.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
 Subject: Re: Disappearing keyboard
 
 Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> writes:
 > AFAIK, there are four ways to start xdm and avoid conflicts with getty.
 > 
 > 1. Specify xdm in /etc/ttys.  If you want to run xdm in ttyv3, you write:
 > 
 > 	ttyv3	"/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
 
 This is evil and should never have been suggested in the docs.
 
 > 2. Run xdm from /etc/rc.local (or other rc* files).
 > [...]
 > 3. Another way to run xdm from /etc/rc.local (or other rc* files).
 > [...]
 
 There is a better way, see below.
 
 > 4. Specify the X server in /etc/ttys.
 > 
 > 	ttyv3	"/usr/X11R6/bin/X vt4 -query localhost" xterm on secure
 
 Again, this is evil.
 
 The Right Way (tm) to start X or xdm is to put a shell script in
 /usr/local/etc/rc.d which Does the Deed. It will work, no questions
 asked. I have something similar to this:
 
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ -r /noxdm ] ; then
     echo -n " (xdm disabled)"
 else
     [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ] && /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm && echo -n " xdm"
 fi
 
 in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xdm.sh.
 
 If you're picky about the execution order of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*,
 use a numeric prefix for each script, as in /etc/periodic/*.
 
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