Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:44:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Kevin M. Young" <keyoung3@vt.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with Getting X Windows Loaded? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117221959.6065c-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980117033357.0090be20@mail.vt.edu>
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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Kevin M. Young wrote: > I recently purchased FreeBSD 2.2.5 on CDROM. I installed the sytem today > on my personal computer which I use for school. Along with FreeBSD, I have > two other operating systems, Win 95 and Win NT. Win 95 is on the same > physical hardrive as FreeBSD (the c: drive). I have zero problems with the > boot manager and loading any of the operating systems. I am able to get to > FreeBSD just fine. Here is what I need help with now. > > I can't get into X Windows. I would like to configure FreeBSD to > automatically bring up the XWindows log on. I have tried for hours tonight > to get it configured to do this, but with no avail. I would appreciate > your assistance on how to configure FREEBSD to do this. Thank you. I start xdm in /etc/rc.local. You can also start it in /etc/ttys with the -nodaemon flag. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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