I am having a problem getting XDM to start up properly in runlevel 5 on an RH 7.2 box. It starts but it does not start the same way as if I start in runlevel 3, login as root and type xdm at the prompt. If I start in runlevel 3, the login screen is slightly different but the main thing is that it responds to XDMCP requests from xterms. If I start in runlevel 5, it does not respond to XDMCP requests. From what I can tell, this has something to do with the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file which is called by runlevel 5 in RedHat. If /etc/intittab is set to runlevel 5 (id:5:initdefault:) it is actually calling x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon so /etc/X11/prefdm needs to be set to run XDM.
This is what my /etc/sysconfig/desktop file looks like: DESKTOP="xdm" Basically, I want the server to come up to the point that it can respond to XDMCP requests from xterms without someone having to log in. -- Janyne M. Kizer CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 Systems Programmer Administrator I NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Extension and Administrative Technology Services Phone: (919) 515-3609 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
