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From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Problems Restarting xdm
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For David Dawes:

The XFree86 readme suggests starting xdm from /etc/ttys.  The FreeBSD
FAQ suggests starting xdm from rc.local.  Either way, if there is, for
example, a power glitch reboot, xdm will not start without root
intervention.  I believe this is because the pid file exists.

The xdm pid file is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid.  Should the pid
file be in /var/run?  Should it be cleaned-up at boot time?

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