Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:07:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Christoph Sold <cs@cheasy.de> To: William Melanson <wjm@gate.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My /usr/local/etc/kdm.sh script does not work Message-ID: <14357.60924.391947.459196@mero-13a.merowingia.uni-kl.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.03.9910251402130.40076-100000@tiwa.gate.net> References: <199910231434.QAA01263@mero-13a.merowingia.uni-kl.de> <Pine.A41.4.03.9910251402130.40076-100000@tiwa.gate.net>
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William Melanson writes: > On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Christoph Sold wrote: > > % Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 16:34:28 +0200 (CEST) > % From: Christoph Sold <cs@cheasy.de> > % To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG > % Subject: My /usr/local/etc/kdm.sh script does not work > % > % Hi Folks, > % > % I sumbled across a problem I am not able to solve myself: I want to > % start kdm automatically at boot time. However, my solution does not > % work. [snip] > > > Hmmm... > > I'd put the exact path to kdm as such: > > #!/bin/sh > if [ -x /usr/local/bin/kdm ] ; then > #sleep for some time to give getty a chance to grab its ttys > echo -n " kdm"; > sleep 12; > /usr/local/bin/kdm 2>&1 > /var/log/kdm.startup & > fi > > maybe he's just having problems finding it? :) > That's the trick. Thanks, William. OTOH, kdm insists in finding some additional pieces -- an export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin helped, too. -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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