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Date:      Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:29:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Beaudoin, Jean-Marc" <Beaudoin.Jean-Marc@hydro.qc.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Auto starting /usr/X11R6/bin/startx when logging in
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807211428540.8360-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <B133E9EF340BD011B88C00805FE21F27EDEE53@msxvpti01.vpi.hydro.qc .ca>

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On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Beaudoin, Jean-Marc wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> Currently in my login script (.cshrc) I have an alias to start xwindows
> (xwin).

> 
> I tried to have /usr/X11R6/bin/startx executed within the .cshrc script but
> always got an error on xinit.
> 
> How can I have xwindows started automaticaly when a specific user logs in?

Why not run X all the time?  Start xdm in /etc/rc.local, and you'll be
prompted with a graphical Login: prompt.  The only drawback to this is
that you have to copy your .xinitrc's to .xsession's if you want them to
start correctly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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