Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 11:02:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making X go right away Message-ID: <19970914110236.18773@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709131955.UAA10225@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>; from Brian Somers on Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 08:55:37PM %2B0100 References: <199709131312.KAA06001@dragon.acadiau.ca> <199709131955.UAA10225@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 08:55:37PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to make X fire up right away? I remember I just changed
>> something in inittab for linux, but FreeBSD seems to be a little different
>>> )
>
> I run it from /etc/ttys:
> ttyvb "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" unknown on insecure
This is the method that I recommended in the first edition of "The
Complete FreeBSD". Jörg Wunsch subsequently showed me the error of my
ways: if you screw up your X config, you might find yourself unable to
access the system.
This is what I have in the (draft) second edition:
If you don't want to even see a character mode display, you can run xdm, a
display manager which makes your PC look like an X terminal: it presents
you with a login screen that runs under X. This requires some configuration,
which we'll look at in the next section.
Configuring xdm
---------------
To enable xdm,
1. Add the following line (in bold face) to /etc/rc.local:
# put your local stuff here
echo " xdm"; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
echo '.'
2. Add a line to the xdm configuration file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt04 (more options)
This will start an xdm login window on /dev/ttyv4 when you start
the system.
You can also test the display manager manually by logging in as root on
the console and typing:
$ xdm -nodaemon
Yet another way to start the display manager automatically when the system boots
is to add a line in /etc/ttys to start it on one of the unoccupied
virtual terminals. This is a very dangerous method: if you make a mess of your
X configuration, you may no longer be able to access the system.
The idea with running xinit at system startup is bogus. xinit is
designed to run after login.
Greg
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