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> I am running FreeBSD2.1 with X-window. How can I get the graphics login window
> instead of the text mode login prompt when I boot up the system or when I
> logout?

You need to run xdm from /etc/rc.local (not, contrary to some
documentation somewhere, from /etc/ttys).

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James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk