From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 3 18:48:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12515 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:48:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12510 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:48:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id LAA24861; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:48:28 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980804114828.C24600@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:48:28 +1000 From: David Dawes To: Thomas Dean , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems Restarting xdm Mail-Followup-To: Thomas Dean , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com>; from Thomas Dean on Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:54:52AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:54:52AM -0700, Thomas Dean wrote: >The XFree86 readme suggests starting xdm from /etc/ttys. The FreeBSD >FAQ suggests starting xdm from rc.local. Either way, if there is, for I've never liked the idea of starting it from /etc/ttys. I start it from a script in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. >example, a power glitch reboot, xdm will not start without root >intervention. I believe this is because the pid file exists. > >The xdm pid file is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid. Should the pid >file be in /var/run? Should it be cleaned-up at boot time? I use my own xdm-config file which does specify that the pid file goes in /var/run. If booting without removing it is a problem, you should remove it before starting xdm at boot time. I've never noticed such a problem myself. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message