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From: Shawn Carey <smc@servtech.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xdm causing getty repeating too quickly?
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 20:46:26 -0400
Organization: ServiceTech, Inc.
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To: "John W. Carbone" <jwc@newshost.li.net>

John W. Carbone wrote:
> 
> Correction to my previous post, the /etc/ttys fragment should read:
> ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
> # Virtual terminals
> ttyv1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
> ttyv2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
> #ttyv3  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off secure
> ttyv3   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodeamon"  xterm   on  secure
> 

xdm wants "-nodaemon".  You need to transpose the 'e' and 'a'.

-Shawn Carey