Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 14:49:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: JOHN <JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XDM and log in prompts... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960223144742.6479B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01I1ITETB0OI8WVYPA@POMONA.EDU>
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On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, JOHN wrote: > I have a few questions, hope someone can answer them. First is, when I > reboot my machine, FreeBSD always fails to supply the password prompt > the first time someone tries to log in after reboot. AFter that first time, > no problems until I reboot again. What would be causing this? Did you try pressing return to get a new prompt? I notice that the Password: prompt takes a while to appear for the first time, but it is there. > Second, in the rc.local file, how would I start XDM up only as a daemon, > so that it will accept connections from other terminals, but not start > up my Xserver on the console? I looked in the manual pages, and didnt > see anything. I just ran /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. You may want to try commenting out the line in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. I haven't tried that though. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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