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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Subject: Re: xdm, syscons, and 1.1.5.1 Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Message-ID: <Cw3unx.E8F@veda.is> References: <mldCw24J3.9Ap@netcom.com> <35491h$4oi@newstand.syr.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 05:45:33 GMT Lines: 21 smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) writes: >(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. Yes, that is the reason for sleeping the xdm startup. It is mentioned in the install docs for X. However, it is still most useful to have a line in the Xservers file (in /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm) to force which vty is used. It can occur that one of the vtys which has an active getty on it will be taken otherwise under some circumstances. Here's the line: :0 local /usr/X386/bin/X vt04 This is for forcing the X server to use ttyv3. Definitely a FAQ. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>