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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Does anyone know how to make X fire up right away? I remember I just changed
> something in inittab for linux, but FreeBSD seems to be a little different
> :)

I run it from /etc/ttys:
ttyvb   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  unknown on insecure

Don't forget to create yourself a ~/.xsession.

> -Mike

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