From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 09:15:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18901 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:15:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18875 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:15:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA01871; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:15:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id MAA03873; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:15:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 12:17:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: "Brent J. Nordquist" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is XDM in /etc/ttys a Bad Thing? In-Reply-To: <199807211459.JAA14697@bambi.visi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't know! What I know is that I start xdm from the ttys, and if it's shut down for any reason, it's started up again by the ttys. Never had any problem with that! On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Brent J. Nordquist wrote: > The FAQ on starting XDM from /etc/ttys says it's a "Bad Thing". (By the > way, rather than having "crept into some README file" as it says, it's > actually part of the default /etc/ttys file.) > > Why is it a Bad Thing? If it's a Bad Thing, the FAQ should say why > briefly, and it should be removed from the default /etc/ttys file. > > -- > Brent J. Nordquist / bjn@visi.com > W: +1 612 905-7806 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > How 'bout a little ride through your own world? http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/ Spidey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message