Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 11:14:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, spud@i.am Subject: Re: X Login Message-ID: <199906041514.LAA76016@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <99060417503000.00298@Tomer.DrugsAreGood.org>
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> i was wondering if there is anyway to make the user login prompt in the X
> enviorment (or if X doesn't load, fall back on the console), i use KDE, is
> there anyway to do that ?
>
> ======================================
> Tomer Weller
> spud@i.am
> wellers@netvision.net.il
> "Drugs are good, and if you do'em
> pepole think that you're cool", NoFX
>
Yes - that's what xdm is for...
Don't use startx - instead, you can either put an entry for
xdm in /etc/ttys, or, do it the way I do it at boot-up time.
I have the following in /etc/rc.local:
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
echo -n ' X11 Session Manager'; (sleep 5; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm) &
fi
This will start up the X11 session manager (xdm) - you can
log in from there, etc...
There's more information in the xdm man page.
- Dave Rivers -
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