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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP Please xdm problem on 2.1
Date: 23 Dec 1995 14:53:02 GMT
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jmurray@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (John Murray) writes:
> I just finshed installing 2.1 on my machine, I had 2.0.5 (didn't use the
> upgrade option just did a fresh install of 2.1) on this machine. The
> problem is that when xdm is started from rc.local file using a line like:
>
> /usr/X11/bin/xdm; sleep 10
>
> after the sleep the console will lock up on the xdm login screen and I
> cannot type anything.
Please add an explicit VT to the Xserver's command line.
For example, my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers looks like:
#
# Xservers file, workstation prototype
#
# This file should contain an entry to start the server on the
# local display; if you have more than one display (not screen),
# you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also
# have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP,
# you can add them here as well. Each X terminal line should
# look like:
# XTerminalName:0 foreign
#
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 :0 vt08 -wm
^^^^
(This is also the place to force the server into 16- or 24-bpp mode.)
--
cheers, J"org
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