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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!centre.univ-orleans.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.dfn.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!dnews!cv!vvm From: vvm@cv.jinr.dubna.su (Valery Mitsyn) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: xdm, syscons, and 1.1.5.1 Date: 13 Sep 1994 15:20:00 GMT Organization: JINR Lines: 36 Message-ID: <354fv0$sjg@convoy.jinr.dubna.su> References: <mldCw24J3.9Ap@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cv.jinr.dubna.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Matthew Deter (mld@netcom.com) wrote: : I just upgraded to 1.1.5.1 which was a bold thing to do since 1.1 was : cranking along so damn well for me. But I figure it was time to get : that performance boost... : However, I am confused as to how to make xdm use the "fourth, : reserved" virtual tty of syscons. I was running xdm from inside my rc : script before, and so xdm came up on boot. But if I do this from my : rc file now, I get xdm on my ttyv0, which eats up one of the "normal" : virt terms for syscons. How do I make xdm come up on the ttyv3 virt : term? I assume that's the one that is reserved for X? 1. Do not start getty on ttyv3. 2. Add vt4 at the end of last line in /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers like: :0 local /usr/X386/bin/X vt4 3. kill -HUP `cat /var/run/xdm.pid` : If this is in the FM (as in RTFM) please point me to it. I waded : through the xdm manual but didn't see a way to point it at the : /dev/tty I wanted it to crop up on... : Thanks... : -- : $$ Matthew Deter -- mld@netcom.com : $$$$ : $$ "Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding : $$$$ star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but : $$ one direction. They point to me." : $$$$ : $$ -- from the novel _Anthem_ by Ayn Rand -- Valery V. Mitsyn