Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:27:53 +1000 (EST) From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@ozemail.com.au> To: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za> Cc: "Yingjun (Ian) He" <hey@tuns.ca>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960624182045.214A-100000-100000-100000-100000-100000-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> In-Reply-To: <199606240717.JAA11708@admin.is.co.za>
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On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Robin Lunn wrote: > Yingjun (Ian) He wrote: > > I am running FreeBSD2.1 with X-window. How can I get the graphics login window > > instead of the text mode login prompt when I boot up the system or when I > > logout? > > Add the following to /etc/rc.local: > > echo -n " xdm" > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon & > Do you really have to do this? After adding the following line to /etc/ttys ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure I found the X11 login screen appeared after bootup was completed. Regards Richard ...
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