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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!sydney.DIALix.oz.au!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!news From: mark@putte.seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Re: Q: which FAQ or how to set up X to run automatically? Sender: news@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: localhost Organization: SeeWare Software Message-ID: <DGuEAp.G2@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> References: <DGp96t.FA0@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <4687ke$9ns@kaleka.seanet.com> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 08:59:11 GMT Lines: 35 In article <4687ke$9ns@kaleka.seanet.com>, bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) writes: >In article <DGp96t.FA0@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, bcrwhims@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster) writes: >|> >|> I have FreeBSD 2.0.5 installed, and want to set it up to run X >|> automatically, while still allowing me to drop back to text-only mode. >|> How do I go about doing this, or which file do I read thast explains >|> this? >|> Your first problem is solved by using xdm. Modify the files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm to suit your installation and add the following line to your /etc/ttys file. ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Now restart init with a kill -HUP 1 and then hey presto xdm should come up. >|> I need to be able to drop back to text-mode while root, but I would >|> like to prevent other users from doing this. Basically, I would like I don't know how you can accomplish this or what exactly you want to do. Any user will be able to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and get a text mode login screen if they want. /mark -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD - Free Unix for your PC| mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| | Melbourne, | PGP key available by fingering | epamha@epa.ericsson.se | | Australia | seeware@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+