Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:08:17 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: start xdm on a particular vty Message-ID: <199909031808.MAA03674@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199909031803.OAA04921@lor.watermarkgroup.com> References: <199909031803.OAA04921@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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>>> There have been discussions about the xdm entry /etc/ttys does not >>> guarantee the X server being started on the particular vty. So I >>> wrote a shell script to explicitly tell xdm to start X server on a >>> specific vty. >> >> I *like* it. I think you should share it with the XFree86 folks, and >> I think this would be great to have in the base installation (after >> proper testing of course...). > Do you know the appropriate channel to contact the XFree86 folks? Try rich@FreeBSD.org, who is supposedly the FreeBSD contact for XFree86. > > However, does this work with non-XFree86 X servers? (Or, maybe you > > can't test that...) > > > I've only tested it with XFree86. Xig's document indicates it also supports > the vtxx option (but I am unable to test it). I don't know anything about > servers from other vendors. Great. I'll see if I can try it out at home on my XIG server... Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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