From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 15 15:17:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A13537B41B for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:17:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-65.56.141.188.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([65.56.141.188] helo=there) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16brba-0005Jg-00; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:17:27 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bob Giesen To: Cyberclops , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting to Run Level 5... typos, typos, typos... Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:17:24 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <3C6D6B15.CF02729F@hawaii.rr.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday 15 February 2002 04:57 pm, Bob Giesen wrote: > On Friday 15 February 2002 02:09 pm, Cyberclops wrote: > > I just did a basic install of FreeBSD 4.5, and see that it is > > different from Linux. How would I get it to boot directly to KDM > > in run level 5? > > FBSD doesn't have run levels, but you can get kdm to start up on > boot in at least a couple of ways: > > (1) just enter a line in /etc/rc.local (create the file if it's not > already there) that starts the program, e.g.: > /usr/local/bin/kdm > > or > (2) decide which of your virtual terminals you want to dedicate to > kdm and start it by putting the appropriate line in /etc/ttys. > > Before doing either, I'd recommend running kdm from the command > line, just to make sure it works before trying either of the above. (redundant...) > (In tgesting it from the command line, use the -nodaemon option if > kdm offers it.) > Different users have different preferences and reasons for > preferfing one method or the other. I happen to run wdm from > rc.local just because it (well, xdm, really) was suggested in Greg > Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD," which I followed upon setting up my > system and it's always worked for me without a problem. > > > Could you recommend a good web site or book that would go over > > some of these basics? > > It probably depends upon your comfort level w/ UNIX, et al. I > like Lehey's book (and still use it as a reference), but it assumes > at least a UNIX knowledge on the part of the reader. The FBSD ^-- little > Handbook is also a good source of info. I once read a good review > on Anelise Anderson's book (who posts messages, here, > occasionally). I do recall that it was geared more to the > less-experienced user -- but I don't recall it's title. Maybe she > or someone else who notices this will offer the title. (I'm sure a > search on her name at Borders or Amazon would turn it up.) I'm not 100% sure about the spelling of Ms. Anderson's name -- first or last. I am pretty sure that I typo'd, though, and that it is "Annelise Anderson." -- "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac (1902-1984) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message