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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.luth.se!eru.mt.luth.se!news.kth.se!admin.kth.se!merope.saaf.se!electra.saaf.se!not-for-mail From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X11R6 and xdm Date: 29 Oct 1995 22:45:37 +0100 Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening Lines: 30 Message-ID: <470sm1$qv9@electra.saaf.se> References: <DH0o9F.27s@eskimo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: electra.saaf.se In article <DH0o9F.27s@eskimo.com>, Gary Kline <kline@eskimo.com> wrote: > After several weeks of hassles with CDROMS and video boards, > my installation of FreeBSD is finally beginning to work. > > I've decided to use xdm so that I can always rely on having > multiple xterms and all the rest of the X tools. But how to > set up my accounts to work with xdm?? Can anyone send me > whatever config files that xdm requires? Things to put into > /usr/lib/X11/Xdefaults; plus your .xsession files. > > I'm keeeping details notes, crib--sheets on the installation > that I'll share. Once I've got hings set up. > All you realy need is a entry in /etc/ttys. Something like.. ttyv4 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure xdm will then start upp att boot time. From there on you can start experimenting with .xsession... > Thanks! > > gary kline > > >-- >Gary Kline | kline@eskimo.com | kline@tao.thought.org