Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:19:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Patrick Walentiny <pezzy@vntech.com> To: Amy Wennings <amybsd@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Launching xdm at startup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907061114120.20580-100000@mercenary.vntech.com> In-Reply-To: <19990705173914.65278.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi there, Just a few pointers I picked up while running xdm. Instead of putting a script in /usr/local/etc/rd.d, try this. Open /etc/ttys, edit the file from ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure to ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Then restart the machine. Also for the path's, try creating and chmoding (755) a .xsession file in $HOME for root and your personal account. In there you can add a line like... PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin; export PATH or whatever you need to fix the problem. The xconsole is kinda strange I have not looked in to why it pops up, I just accepted it cause I liked it being there anyways? Good Luck, Patrick. On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Amy Wennings wrote: > What's the proper way to start xdm at boot time? > > I created /usr/local/etc/rc.d/start_xdm.sh with this inside: > #!/bin/sh > xdm > > But it has two problems: > > 1) root doesn't get a proper environment - it can't find the sbin directory > > 2) my user account always gets xconsole running when it logs in. This > doesn't happen if I log in as root and then run xdm > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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