Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 13:40:13 -0400 From: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie question. Message-ID: <390F12FD.4E02B572@rochester.rr.com> References: <B5339FEF.BE6%lds@apple.com> <001501bfb3ee$87a3cab0$4ef00404@wildkat> <20000502135335.A1459@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > Cannot boot directly to X? Did you create xsession in your home directory? > > If not, please do. > > Eh? Why should that help his system boot into X? > > > > However I can not boot directly to X. Which file do I need to modify to > > > start X after init time (my /etc/defaults/rc.conf correctly included a > > > local_startup option pointing to rc.d and the file in there contains xdm > > but > > > that doesn't work.) > > What does the file in rc.d say? Does it include the full path and so > on? > > I have a line at the bottom of /etc/rc.local, that works > fine for me. In fact I feel its preferable since it ensures that > xdm/equivalent starts after everything else. I don't know the > official solution, though. > > Rahul. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I edited /etc/ttys and uncommented the line with xdm in it an turned it on. I did try starting Xdm with rc.local first however I could not do anything useful as It would not take any keyboard input!! Also you must have an .xsession file for EVERY user who will log in. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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