Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 10:30:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte.lance@gmx.net> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems Restarting xdm Message-ID: <13766.50765.170940.775527@neuron.webmore.de> In-Reply-To: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com> References: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com>
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Thomas Dean writes: > For David Dawes: > > The XFree86 readme suggests starting xdm from /etc/ttys. The FreeBSD > FAQ suggests starting xdm from rc.local. Either way, if there is, for > example, a power glitch reboot, xdm will not start without root > intervention. I believe this is because the pid file exists. Do you clean up /tmp on bootup ? If not, maybe /tmp/.X<n>-lock bites you after "power glitch reboot". Malte. > > 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? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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