From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 4 8:14:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765641519D for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 08:14:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA29078; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:15:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA08838; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:14:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id LAA76016; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:14:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199906041514.LAA76016@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, spud@i.am Subject: Re: X Login In-Reply-To: <99060417503000.00298@Tomer.DrugsAreGood.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > i was wondering if there is anyway to make the user login prompt in the X > enviorment (or if X doesn't load, fall back on the console), i use KDE, is > there anyway to do that ? > > ====================================== > Tomer Weller > spud@i.am > wellers@netvision.net.il > "Drugs are good, and if you do'em > pepole think that you're cool", NoFX > Yes - that's what xdm is for... Don't use startx - instead, you can either put an entry for xdm in /etc/ttys, or, do it the way I do it at boot-up time. I have the following in /etc/rc.local: if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then echo -n ' X11 Session Manager'; (sleep 5; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm) & fi This will start up the X11 session manager (xdm) - you can log in from there, etc... There's more information in the xdm man page. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message