Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:58:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Wijnand Wiersma <w.wiersma@4business.nl> Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@4evermail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: some X questions Message-ID: <20010930115651.C81914-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <200109302051.f8UKpEJ08978@wiers556.speed.planet.nl>
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From the handbook..
5.6.2 Using XDM
The XDM daemon program is located in /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. This program can
be run at any time as root and it will start managing the X display on the
local machine. If XDM is to be run every time the machine boots up, a
convenient way to do this is by adding an entry to /etc/ttys. For more
information about the format and usage of this file, see Section 15.3.2.1.
There is a line in the default /etc/ttys file for running the XDM daemon
on a virtual terminal:
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
By default this entry is disabled, and in order to enable it change field
5 from off to on and then restart init(8) using the directions in Section
15.3.2.2. The first field, the name of the terminal this program will
manage, is ttyv8. This means that XDM will start running on the 9th
virtual terminal.
Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Wijnand Wiersma wrote:
> I already got X running. but I want to have a graphical login.
> in linux it was easy. default runlevel 4 and X starts up automatically. I
> want to have this on freebsd 2. my whole family works with my system, and
> they just dont seem to understand to type startx.
>
>
> On Sunday 30 September 2001 20:39, you wrote:
> > Yes, X Windows is also available on FreeBSD. I would suggest installing X
> > Windows from /stand/sysinstall because it's the easiest. Or, you could try
> > and compile it yourself from ports, etc. I would only recommend this if you
> > have a high speed broadband connection.
> >
> > -- Jonathan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wijnand Wiersma" <w.wiersma@4business.nl>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:34 PM
> > Subject: some X questions
> >
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > is it possible to have a graphical login like I had in linux? How?
> > >
> > > How can I get 3d rendering with my voodoo3 card? I followed the how-to on
> > > bsdvault.net but it wasn't correct and it doesn't work anymore.
> > >
> > > I'm using freebsd 4.4 release.
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
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