I am using FreeBSD 4.8, and there is no inittab. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yann E. MORIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 19:57 Subject: Re: [XFree86] StartX before login
> Hello! > > Once upon a time (on Sunday 02 November 2003 02:42), RalexEnUSA wrote : > > How can I make X (KDE) start before the people login? > > Is there another way of making X automatically start than putting in > > "startx" in the .login? > > I'll be assuming you use Linux. *BSD and other unices shall behave the same. > > In /etc/inittab, locate the line that read something like (where x is a > number): > id:x:initdefault: > > As I understand, that number must be 3 in your file. Change it to 5, and check > you have another line reading: > x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon > or to use KDE's session manager: > x:5:respawn:/path/to/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon > > Warning! you need only one and only one of the above two lines! > > Then, next time you run your computer, it shall start X automatically and > offer users a way to graphically login. > > More to read: > man xdm > > Regards, > Yann. > > PS. There exists a way to instruct kdm to auto-login a user upon startup, > which might prove usefull if you're using a home computer. See : > man kdm > Regards, > YEM. > > -- > .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.----------------- ---. > | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | > | +0/33 662376056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ^ | > | --==< °_° >==-- °---.----------------: X AGAINST | /e\ There is no | > | web: ymorin.free.fr | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2365 | / \ HTML MAIL | """ conspiracy. | > °---------------------°----------------°------------------°----------------- ---° > \__ np: [Stopped] __________________________________________________________/ > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
