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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


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