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Date:      Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:44:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   starting xdm at boot on headless box via rc.d script?
Message-ID:  <201403210944.s2L9i06K001182@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>

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I've a headless server that accepts
connections via XDMCP. I'd like to
start xdm in daemon mode without
attaching it to any virt. terminal.
>From the command like I can simply
type xdm, but can I do this via
/etc/rc.conf, something like xdm_enable=YES?

I see some examples of using custom
scripts in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d, e.g.:
http://terrencemiao.com/Webmail/msg00720.html

Is this a good idea?

Thanks

Anton



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