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Date:      Thu, 3 Feb 2000 16:23:55 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: starting X when booting
Message-ID:  <20000203162355.B27273@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <3898F198.C9397F43@nwlink.com>; from rjoseph@nwlink.com on Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 07:10:16PM -0800
References:  <3898F198.C9397F43@nwlink.com>

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On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 07:10:16PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:

> I know this has been covered before, but my search of the archives
> proved futile.  How can I get X windows to start automatically when I
> boot?  I'm currently using kde 1.1.2.

Look at /etc/ttys, and change the line that has "xdm" so that the
status reads "on". Next time you reboot or 'kill -HUP 1', it will start
up xdm.

Jonathan Chen
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