Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:48:28 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems Restarting xdm Message-ID: <19980804114828.C24600@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com>; from Thomas Dean on Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:54:52AM -0700 References: <199808031754.KAA00908@ix.netcom.com>
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On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:54:52AM -0700, Thomas Dean wrote: >The XFree86 readme suggests starting xdm from /etc/ttys. The FreeBSD >FAQ suggests starting xdm from rc.local. Either way, if there is, for I've never liked the idea of starting it from /etc/ttys. I start it from a script in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. >example, a power glitch reboot, xdm will not start without root >intervention. I believe this is because the pid file exists. > >The xdm pid file is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid. Should the pid >file be in /var/run? Should it be cleaned-up at boot time? I use my own xdm-config file which does specify that the pid file goes in /var/run. If booting without removing it is a problem, you should remove it before starting xdm at boot time. I've never noticed such a problem myself. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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