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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 1996 21:26:38 GMT
From:      mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: XDM and log in prompts...
Message-ID:  <Dn8zKF.4E3@seeware.DIALix.oz.au>
References:  <01I1ITETB0OI8WVYPA@POMONA.EDU>

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JOHN (JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU) wrote:
: I have a few questions, hope someone can answer them.  First is, when I
: reboot my machine, FreeBSD always fails to supply the password prompt
: the first time someone tries to log in after reboot.  AFter that first time,
: no problems until I reboot again.  What would be causing this?

Not sure what you mean here ... how far into the bootup cycle do you get?

: Second, in the rc.local file, how would I start XDM up only as a daemon,
: so that it will accept connections from other terminals, but not start
: up my Xserver on the console?  I looked in the manual pages, and didnt
: see anything.

Have a look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm for the file Xservers.
Comment out the line:
	:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X

/mark



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