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 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the > > message > > > > > > ===== > > michael_deroche@yahoo.com > > > > Meandering to a different drummer...... > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the > message > > ===== michael_deroche@yahoo.com Meandering to a different drummer...... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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