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From: Paul Sijben <sijben@lucent.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: xdm on NetBSD
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 09:01:49 +0200
Organization: Lucent Technologies
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Stephen Tow wrote:
>
> Howdy all,
>
> I can't quite seem to figure out how to get xdm to run at boot. I am a
> Linux user by default and know it's real simple there, I'm sure it's
> real simple with NetBSD, but I can't seem to figger it out. Any help
> would be very much appreciated...
It's simple
From my /etc/rc.local
if [ -d /usr/X11R6/lib ]; then
echo 'Adding X shared libraries'
ldconfig /usr/X11R6/lib
fi
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
echo 'Starting X display manager'
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
fi
And don't forget to turn your getty on your console off (in /etc/ttys)
Paul
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