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From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: xdm
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 02:38:31 -0400
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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what's that little trick you do with getty when you're using xdm?
and you put xdm in your rc, right?  with a wait 5 or something?

i'm trying to get xdm going on startup...

also, how can i get it to use my defaults instead of just bringing up
one xterm?  is there a helpfile besides the man page?