Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:38:01 +0600 (ESS) From: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> To: Patrick Walentiny <pezzy@vntech.com> Cc: Amy Wennings <amybsd@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Launching xdm at startup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907071935340.513-100000@localhost.cgu.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907061114120.20580-100000@mercenary.vntech.com>
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On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Patrick Walentiny wrote: > Hi there, > Just a few pointers I picked up while running xdm. Instead of > putting a script in /usr/local/etc/rd.d, try this. > Open /etc/ttys, edit the file from > ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > to > ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > Then restart the machine. Also for the path's, try creating and chmoding why the hell do you need to restart the machine ?! # killall -HUP init would be enough ... > (755) a .xsession file in $HOME for root and your personal account. > In there you can add a line like... > PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin; export PATH > > or whatever you need to fix the problem. The xconsole is kinda strange I > have not looked in to why it pops up, I just accepted it cause I liked it > being there anyways? > > > Good Luck, Patrick. > On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Amy Wennings wrote: > > > What's the proper way to start xdm at boot time? > > > > I created /usr/local/etc/rc.d/start_xdm.sh with this inside: > > #!/bin/sh > > xdm > > > > But it has two problems: > > > > 1) root doesn't get a proper environment - it can't find the sbin directory > > > > 2) my user account always gets xconsole running when it logs in. This > > doesn't happen if I log in as root and then run xdm > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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