Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My /etc/ttys looks like this > > ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > The "init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8" msg has stopped.
Right. Because you're no longer trying to run a getty on that port. > When I start xdm from root command line nothing happens. NO error log > msgs, nothing. Does it return to the command prompt? Respond with "xdm: not found"? Just hang there? What *does* it do? > F1 thru F12 just issue the freebsd console logon > prompt. Really? The standard /etc/ttys file doesn't include entries for ttyv9-ttyv12. That means F9-F12 shouldn't let you change to them. Are you sure that you can really change to them, or is it possible that you're still looking at ttyv7 without knowing it? > My understanding is when /etc/ttys contains this statement > > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > followed by a kill -HUP 1 command to reread tyys file the following > should happen. > > F1 thru F8 virtual consoles work as normal (ie: freebsd console logon > prompt). F9 thru F12 virtual consoles will show the xdm logon screen. No. F1 through F7 virtual consoles will be regular consoles, and F8 will be the xdm login screen. > To make xdm the system default logon method have to add > xdm_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Then only the xdm logon > screen will be seen on all virtual consoles F1 thru F12. A > ctrl+alt+backspace key sequence is the only way to force a return to > the freebsd console logon prompt for the Fx virtual console being > used. No. Not unless you've written your own script to handle the xdm_enable variable, which doesn't seem to exist anywhere else in the system. Unless you've written the script for it as well, I wouldn't expect it to work. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"