From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 16 11:52:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03643 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:52:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ix.netcom.com (sil-wa2-24.ix.netcom.com [206.214.137.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03637 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:52:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomdean@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from tomdean@localhost) by ix.netcom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA06466; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:52:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomdean) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:52:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803161952.LAA06466@ix.netcom.com> From: Thomas Dean To: paskt@boat.bt.com CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <350D5C4F.792D@boat.bt.com> (message from Tim Pask on Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:07:27 -0800) Subject: Re: X.Windows Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can use startx from the command prompt. To start X, I use /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm in /etc/ttys: ... ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # # select one of the following two sets of lines # the ttyv6 + ttyv7 "on" lines for syscons # The ttyv6 "off" + ttyv7 "xterm" pair for X11 # #ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure #ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure ttyv7 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message