Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:30:22 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, spud@i.am Subject: Re: X Login Message-ID: <19990604093022.A3797@fisicc-ufm.edu> In-Reply-To: <199906041514.LAA76016@lakes.dignus.com>; from Thomas David Rivers on Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 11:14:29AM -0400 References: <99060417503000.00298@Tomer.DrugsAreGood.org> <199906041514.LAA76016@lakes.dignus.com>
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If you use KDE then you must have kdm, a KDE replacement for xdm it has a nicer graphical interface. You can start it the same way as xdm. There's a tutorial somewhere in the online kde documentation... regards, -Oscar On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 11:14:29AM -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > 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 > -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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