Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:51:10 -0500 From: Alec Berryman <alec@thened.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using gdm at boot Message-ID: <20041129225110.GC30558@thened.net> In-Reply-To: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net> References: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net>
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--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--
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