Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:42:10 +0200 (MESZ) From: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: jdunham@fc.net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: XF86 & fvwm Problem, Help? (fwd) Message-ID: <199609171342.AA041707730@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> In-Reply-To: <199609171242.OAA08789@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Sep 17, 96 02:42:23 pm
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E-mail message from Greg Lehey contained: > Jerry Dunham writes: > > > > Branson Matheson babbled: > >> You might also look at using xdm instead .. with that you will have > >> a graphical login prompt. And it will automagically restart every > >> time you logout. The nice thing about this and freebsd is that you > >> can still use a text console with syscons. > > > > So far, this seems to be terrible advice. I messed with xdm more this > > morning, and it does exactly what he says it does - automagically restart. > > I am completely unable to get out of it. > > Bummer, isn't it? FWIW, I've just got a free SCO Open Deathtrap, and > it does just the same thing, though first it kills your mouse so you > can't do anything inside X either. > from X, with Ctrl-Alt-F1 you will get to the text console, virtual console #1. FWIW, I have xdm always on, and still use the text console very often. /Marino
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