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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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