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Reword FAQ question 9.6 to be more neutral in the xdm startup issue.

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Doug White 1998-08-17 23:03:58 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: x.sgml,v 1.3 1998-06-27 01:13:49 hoek Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: x.sgml,v 1.4 1998-08-17 23:03:58 dwhite Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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mode. Tap the control key to wake it up again.
<sect1>
<heading>How do I start XDM from the <tt>/etc/ttys</tt> file ?</heading>
<heading>How do I start XDM on boot?</heading>
<p>Starting <htmlurl url=
<p>There are two schools of thought on how to start <htmlurl url=
"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xdm"
name="xdm"> via <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
name="/etc/ttys"> is a <bf/Bad Thing/. I don't know why this
crept into some README file.
name="xdm">. One school starts xdm from
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
name="/etc/ttys"> using the supplied example, while the other
simply runs xdm from <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc"
name="rc.local"> or
from a <tt/X.sh/ script in <tt>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</tt>.
Both are equally valid, and one may work in
situations where the other doesn't. In both cases the result is the
same: X will popup a graphical login: prompt.
<p>Start it from your <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc" name="rc.local"> (or even
from a <tt/X.sh/ script in <tt>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</tt>), and be
explicit about how it has to start. If this is your last action in
<tt/rc.local/, put a ``<tt/sleep 1/'' behind, to allow <tt/xdm/ to
properly daemonize before the <tt/rc/ shell exits.
<p>The ttys method has the advantage
of documenting which vty X will start on and passing the responsibiilty
of restarting the X server on logout to init. The rc.local method
makes it easy to kill xdm if there is a problem starting the X server.
<p><tt/xdm/ should be started without any arguments (i.e., as a
daemon).
<p>If loaded from rc.local, <tt/xdm/ should be started without any
arguments (i.e., as a daemon).
<p><bf/NOTE:/ A previous version of this FAQ told you to add the
<p>A previous version of the FAQ said to add the
<tt/vt/ you want X to use to the
<tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers</tt> file. This is not necessary:
X will use the first free <tt/vt/ it finds.