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Date:      Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:52:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To:        paskt@boat.bt.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X.Windows
Message-ID:  <199803161952.LAA06466@ix.netcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <350D5C4F.792D@boat.bt.com> (message from Tim Pask on Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:07:27 -0800)

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You can use startx from the command prompt.

To start X, I use /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm in /etc/ttys:

...
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
ttyv3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
ttyv4   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
ttyv5   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
#
# select one of the following two sets of lines
# the ttyv6 + ttyv7 "on" lines for syscons
# The ttyv6 "off" + ttyv7 "xterm" pair for X11
#
#ttyv6  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
#ttyv7  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
#
ttyv6   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off secure
ttyv7   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on secure
...

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