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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:27:53 +1000 (EST)
From:      Richard Lyon <rlyon@ozemail.com.au>
To:        Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za>
Cc:        "Yingjun (Ian) He" <hey@tuns.ca>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960624182045.214A-100000-100000-100000-100000-100000-100000@rlyon.mynet.au>
In-Reply-To: <199606240717.JAA11708@admin.is.co.za>

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On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Robin Lunn wrote:

> Yingjun (Ian) He wrote:
> > I am running FreeBSD2.1 with X-window. How can I get the graphics login window
> > instead of the text mode login prompt when I boot up the system or when I
> > logout?
> 
> Add the following to /etc/rc.local:
> 
> echo -n " xdm"
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon &
> 

Do you really have to do this?

After adding the following line to /etc/ttys

ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure

I found the X11 login screen appeared after bootup was completed.

Regards Richard ...





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