Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs Message-ID: <20110105191804.GA39787@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4D24BE82.1030301@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20101227141122.GA1741@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4D18AB0C.50707@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110105121239.GB38449@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4D24BE82.1030301@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 06:54:58PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 05/01/2011 12:12, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I'd still like to start xdm automatically on reboot. > > If I can't do it via /etc/ttys, > > what would be the alternative way? > > > > Well, you'ld have to start it as a daemon using some sort of rc.d file. > There doesn't seem to be one supplied with the x11/xdm port, so I guess > you'll have to write your own. Shouldn't be too difficult -- just copy > and mutate some other relatively simple daemon's rc script. yes, I thought so. > > I think you'll need to put in some work on the Xdm config files, as it > defaults to trying to manage a local display. Remember too that running > X in plaintext over a network is roughly on a par, security wise, as > running such deprecated services as rsh or rlogin. yes, I know. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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