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From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@ozemail.com.au>
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To: Robin Lunn <robin@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 ...