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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: xdm in rc.local
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands
Message-ID: <DzJCB4.pL@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <549m46$qeq@uuneo.neosoft.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 18:21:04 GMT
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conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
>First of all, xdm runs fine from the command line with the default
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers configuration:
>:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>Trying to invoke it at the end of rc.local, however, I've encountered
>nothing but problems. Basically, the results I've gotten so far with
>this are either xdm fails to run altogether, or it runs, but the login
>screen is unuseable (no keyboard input).
I just do
# X server stuff
if [ -f /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -a -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config ]
then
echo -n ' xdm'
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm &
fi
at the very end of /etc/rc.local
There is nothing special in Xservers either:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16
Just a datapoint, I'm not sure why it does not work for you
Wilko