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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Starting up X-Window
Date: 9 Feb 1997 16:44:01 GMT
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.
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In article <32FD5B0D.41C67EA6@worldnet.att.net>,
	"Alan W. Trulock" <FredI@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> What do you type to start?
> I normaly type startx to start my session.

I'm wondering what he meant, myself.  Is X refusing to start, or does he
just not know the command to start it?

Myself, I like having xdm started from /etc/rc.local.

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Conrad Sabatier		http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads