Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:24:07 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: enabling a graphical login prompt Message-ID: <20020829092407.GA69930@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20020829090354.62010.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020829090354.62010.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 02:03:54AM -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>
> i've seen this with certain versions of linux and with solaris... however,
> I don't know how to do it with freebsd.
>
> considering i'll be running TightVNC, I would like to enable a grapical
> login prompt when i boot the system.
Once you've got a working /etc/X11/XF86Config, change the following
line in /etc/ttys:
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
to
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
^^
A "kill -HUP 1" will activate xdm; or you can try a reboot.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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