From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 29 00:31:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67E03617 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B1C71DA9 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:31:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E99E727341 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:31:44 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <5297E070.3030400@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:31:44 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130530 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "thinnest" display manager available? References: <201311281310.rASDAWwK005480@kontrol.kode5.net> <9ACDC2F1-58FE-4C1A-9D70-80581AA93A81@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <9ACDC2F1-58FE-4C1A-9D70-80581AA93A81@fisglobal.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:31:48 -0000 On 11/29/13 01:46, Teske, Devin wrote: > On Nov 28, 2013, at 5:10 AM, James Griffin wrote: > >> On 11/27/13 06:55, Walter Hurry wrote: >> > On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:59:07 +0100, Polytropon wrote: >> > >> >> Source: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-xdm.html >> >> >> >> Allow me to ask the following question: >> >> >> >> Is xdm (and as far as I know, also wdm) still an exception from the >> >> "rc.conf rule", or how is it supposed to be started on "more modern" >> >> versions? >> > I'd be interested in the answer to that too, as I use XDM on ttyv8 per >> > the handbook, and it has been faultless for me. >> I still use ttys like Polytropon, but I believe recommended practice is >> to use an rc.d system - just nobody has/could be bothered actually >> writing one :D >> >> Maybe I'll (or someone else) get a round tuit one day, but I wouldn't >> hold your breath: it's been on the books for near a decade :) >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Actually, I came across a script written by someone for the CDE desktop. >> It would be easy to modify it for another X11 DM (I would think). >> >> Might be helpful to someone looking for a script of that type. > Funny to see someone say "it's been on the books for near a decade" > > At $work, we launched xdm from rc.d for about that long (a decade) > and then moved away from it (toward ttys). > > Dusted off and attached for your pleasure. > > Wow, awesome! I'll look at using that... :D Have you considered committing it to the port? And why move away from that to ttys again?