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From: rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey)
Subject: Re: [XFree86] crypt how to, new session manager
In-Reply-To: anything@max.u.washington.edu's message of Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:52:38 GMT
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 04:52:07 GMT
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In article <1992Oct13.115238.1@max.u.washington.edu> anything@max.u.washington.edu writes:
I have a couple questions concerning XFree86 on 386bsd-0.1
1.) I made the necessary changes to run crypt on my machine.
what changes do I need to make to XFree86 so that it works with
crypted passwords?
Unless you insist on running xdm, nothing.
If you need xdm, you will have to recompile it. Since you already
have the XFree86 binary distribution, you only need the sources in
mit/clients/xdm. Just run 'xmkmf -a' and 'make' to recompile xdm.
2.) I need a better session manager, I am not very knowledgeable
about X but surely there must be a session manager that will allow
me to start programs and such without having to start them from an
xterm
You can program twm to use menus bound to mouse buttons in your .twmrc.
The xview binary distribution on nova.cc.purdue.edu might also have
something a little more elegant. Rich