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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


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