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Date:      Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:31:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Michael de Roche <michael_deroche@yahoo.com>
To:        "Jukka_Similä" <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com>, kvnwg@yahoo.com
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Graphic mode.
Message-ID:  <20000812013104.15580.qmail@web4303.mail.yahoo.com>

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Sorry about that .... typo ... should have read ...

I would not recommend this for root, only normal user
accounts ..... 


--- Jukka_Similä <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> wrote:
> 
> > You can add startx to .profile (of the specified user)
> ...
> > I would not recommend this for root only normal user
> > accounts .....
> What is a "root only normal user account"?
> And it is not recommended to do it this way, and it won't
> work anyway.
> If you add startx to your .profile, you'll still have the
> text login, and
> after you have logged in, it will start X.
> THE way to go is to use xdm, Michael, see /etc/ttys, if
> you uncomment the
> line with xdm and you have xdm configured correctly,
> you'll get the
> graphical login screen.
> 
> K, did you get xdm working?
> 
> > 
> > I don't remember that option when I installed Debian
> > Linux??
> > 
> > 
> > --- kvnwg <kvnwg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >  
> > >  	How can I set the default login interface to
> graphic
> > > mode in FreeBSD? In Linux, it is an option during
> > > install.  
> > > 	Thanks.
> > > 
> > > -- Cheer
> > > K
> > > 
> > > 
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