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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:3947 comp.os.386bsd.questions:5663 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!ipc2.lat.oz.au!wongm Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: how to get login window after startx Message-ID: <CEGq29.466@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@ipc2.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 06:30:09 GMT Sender: news@latcs1.lat.oz.au (news) References: <28haeaINNfla@fstgds15.tu-graz.ac.at> <28ojrh$3s5@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de> Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Nntp-Posting-Host: ipc2.lat.oz.au Lines: 26 In article <28ojrh$3s5@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de> feuerst@bonsai.fernuni-hagen.de (Thomas Feuerstack) writes: >In article <28haeaINNfla@fstgds15.tu-graz.ac.at>, zloebl@piis10.joanneum.ac.at (Klaus ZLOEBL) writes: >|> Hi, >|> i want to start x at boot time and get a login windows, where i can log on to >|> my system. >|> Simple question: >|> how do i do this? >|> >|> (i have XFree 1.3 and linux 0.99pl13) > >Simply start '/usr/X386/bin/xdm' as last entry in '/etc/rc.local'. > > - Thomas Hi, Tried this with 396bsd, ie /usr/X386/bin/xdm as last entry in /etc/rc.local, but I don't get any window popping up, I still get the same getty login prompt! My question is : should that line be /usr/X386/bin/xdm -nodaemon ? Also, do we have to disable getty on console in /etc/ttytab (or the equivalent)? Thanks in advance, and email replies please! - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au