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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.seanet.com!odinn!bolsen From: bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: which FAQ or how to set up X to run automatically? Date: 20 Oct 1995 13:19:10 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 18 Sender: bolsen@odinn (Bruce Olsen) Message-ID: <4687ke$9ns@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <DGp96t.FA0@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com In article <DGp96t.FA0@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, bcrwhims@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster) writes: |> |> I have FreeBSD 2.0.5 installed, and want to set it up to run X |> automatically, while still allowing me to drop back to text-only mode. |> How do I go about doing this, or which file do I read thast explains |> this? |> |> I need to be able to drop back to text-mode while root, but I would |> like to prevent other users from doing this. Basically, I would like |> xdm or something to run magically, I guess. |> -- |> Carsten Whimster bcrwhims@uwaterloo.ca |> EDM/2 Associate Editor and Book reviewer |> Team OS/2 POV-Panel/2 author |> http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~bcrwhims/ You can put xdm in the local function area (bottom) of /etc/rc.local and xdm will start automatically.