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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.syr.edu!smcarey From: smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: xdm, syscons, and 1.1.5.1 Date: 13 Sep 1994 13:21:53 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 30 Message-ID: <35491h$4oi@newstand.syr.edu> References: <mldCw24J3.9Ap@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.syr.edu In article <mldCw24J3.9Ap@netcom.com> mld@netcom.com (Matthew Deter) writes: >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? > >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... > No, I don't think you'll find it in the FM. It might be nice to have this in the FAQ, though. You want to do something like this: (sleep 5; /usr/bin/X11/xdm) & This gives the gettys a chance to grab their vty's, since xdm will just take the first one it finds that isn't already occupied. -Shawn Carey