From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 6 7:17:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nets5.rz.rwth-aachen.de (nets5.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.144.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5583037B502; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 07:17:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hyperion.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (hyperion.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.112.212]) by nets5.rz.rwth-aachen.de (8.10.1/8.10.1/5) with ESMTP id e96EEmS10428; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:14:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from agamemnon.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (agamemnon.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.194.74]) by hyperion.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1/2) with ESMTP id QAA14042; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:14:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from stolz@localhost) by agamemnon.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1-gb-2) id QAA08159; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:14:46 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 16:14:46 +0200 From: Volker Stolz To: Otter Cc: Ben_Calvert@amsinc.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X for login prompt? Message-ID: <20001006161446.A8149@agamemnon.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <8525696F.006EEA55.00@ams-central-gate-5a.amsinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from otterr@telocity.com on Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 06:37:26PM -0400 Organization: Chair for CS II, Anomalous Programming Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 06:37:26PM -0400, Otter wrote: > }edit the file /etc/ttys and change this line: > } > }ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > } > }to read: > } > }ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > }Then, after you've saved that file, reboot." A simple "kill -HUP 1" is sufficient to tell init to reconfigure. How come everyone always wants to reboot these days :) [Your quoting-style is ... strange?] -- Volker Stolz * stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de * PGP + S/MIME To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message