From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 22:51:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 176C816A4CF for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:51:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rocksteady.bowdoin.edu (rocksteady.bowdoin.edu [139.140.34.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0A343D2F for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:51:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: by rocksteady.bowdoin.edu (Postfix, from userid 12008) id E3D34A315; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:51:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:51:10 -0500 From: Alec Berryman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041129225110.GC30558@thened.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net> X-Ned-Wuz-Here: Yes X-GPG-Fingerprint: 3DB5 8785 53D9 8BF4 5049 B6B9 02E7 7FD9 881C 85C4 X-GPG-Key: http://www.thened.net/~alec/static/alec.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Using gdm at boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:51:12 -0000 --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable begin quotation of Trey Sizemore on 2004-11-29 17:49:04 -0500: > I've got FreeBSD 5.3 setup on my desktop and wanted to use gdm to login. > Per instructions I found at marcuscom.com: Also in /usr/ports/x11/gdm2 > Do _NOT_ use /etc/ttys to start gdm at boot time. This will result in > gdm hanging or restarting constantly. Instead, copy the included > gdm.sh.sample script to gdm.sh, and restart. This script is found > in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. >=20 > Silly question, but I'm not sure I understand where to copy this file > to. Same directory (/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d)? Yes. And `chmod +x` it so that it can be run. > Does doing this alone enable gdm without any changes to /etc.ttys? Yes. --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (OpenBSD) iD8DBQFBq6feAud/2YgchcQRAq9yAJ9/w1QxoH4MRPbdBn2zBjsiOFiWDACg6fh5 mP1/LASxteY303OvEXHHUMI= =UO5s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--