From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Mar 13 17:38:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from freed.libdns.qc.ca (derby.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26E514F1D for ; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:38:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spidey@libdns.qc.ca) Received: from localhost (spidey@localhost) by freed.libdns.qc.ca (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id UAA12384; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:37:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spidey@libdns.qc.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: freed.libdns.qc.ca: spidey owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:37:36 -0500 (EST) From: Spidey Reply-To: Spidey To: Stan Brown Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Subject: Re: OK, where did rc.local go? In-Reply-To: <19990314002256.300A214EC0@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't personnaly thinkg that there is a 'right way' to start xdm. You can start it from /etc/ttys, and it will be restarted if it crashes. You can also start it from rc.local. It's more a matter of taste than hard evidence. I like to start it from the ttys... On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Stan Brown wrote: > Just installed 3.1 fromthe CD on a machine that have been runign > 2.2-STABLE, with the intint of keeping it on track with -STABLE. > > So where did the functionaly provied by rc.local go? > > And whats the "right way" to start the xdm task now? > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 843-745-3154 > Westvaco > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 1999 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this I can witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message