Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:59:07 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "thinnest" display manager available? Message-ID: <20131126095907.05990916.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <52946150.2060505@rawbw.com> References: <mailman.1623.1385415415.1391.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20131126073256.GC788@lena.kiev> <52946150.2060505@rawbw.com>
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:52:32 -0800, Yuri wrote: > On 11/25/2013 23:32, Lena@lena.kiev.ua wrote: > > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty lenaPc" cons25r on secure > > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty lenaPc" cons25r on secure > > Lena, > > This method of launching of DM is obsolete and not recommended. > Normally they are launched through /etc/rc.d script. I remember running > in some bad issue exactly because of such ttys misuse, but don't > remember specifics. Many display managers (such as GDM and KDM) have a setting ready for /etc/rc.conf, but XDM still seems to work fine with this method. The FreeBSD Handbook (6.6.2.) mentions the adding of an entry to /etc/ttys, which I'm following for years now if I want to use xdm and wdm. Source: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html Allow me to ask the following question: Is xdm (and as far as I know, also wdm) still an exception from the "rc.conf rule", or how is it supposed to be started on "more modern" versions? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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