Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 06:25:03 -0600 From: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: Iain Templeton <iaint@css.tuu.utas.edu.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm for remote hosts only? Message-ID: <37B6B19F.9521BF2C@sasknow.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908151045490.11193-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au>
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Iain Templeton wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > > Hi everybody... > > > > Just wondering if there's something I missed in the XDM manpage that will > > allow XDM to run in the background as an XDM server for remote hosts only, > > and NOT start up an X session on the local computer, nor require logins > > for X sessions on the local computer. > > > > I realize that an X server must be running for remote logins to work. > > However, what I would like to see happen is for the X server to start, > > then switch me back to my terminal screen. (Without having to hit the > > obligatory Ctrl-Alt-F# key combination :-) > > > No, you don't have to run an X server at all. Look at the file > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers, and you should see down at the bottom a > line telling xdm to start a server on the local host. If you comment this > out you should be ok. > > I don't even have an X server binary on this computer, and everything runs > ok. > > Iain. Ha! Well... That was certainly an easy fix. So easy, in fact... I'm almost sorry I asked :-) Thank you muchly. - Ryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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