From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 19:18:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A801065672 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DAF28FC13 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PaYs1-0005gi-1z; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:18:05 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PaYs0-0000uA-UA; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:18:04 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p05JI4qM039866; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p05JI4mE039865; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:04 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 19:18:04 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20110105191804.GA39787@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D24BE82.1030301@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:18:06 -0000 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