According to Matthias Scheler:
>
>You are sure about that? The first time after boot the X server always
>occupied ttyv1 because the "getty" wasn't running when "xdm" was started
>in "rc.local". I solved this by adding "vt05" to the arguments passed
>to the server in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers".
>

THWACK Owwwwww!!!! (Sound of sudden comprehension from blymn)

Of course, this makes much sense.  I will give this a try.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
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