Check out this screen shot and let me know if this is what your trying
to do. 

http://www.cynikal.net/~phusnikn/pics/desktop/desktop-060201.jpg

With this setup its exceed + xdm on my remote bsd box. 

-----Original Message-----
From: netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org]
On Behalf Of Randy Beaudreault
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 5:40 PM
To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
Subject: X Windows out of xdm

How do I get my X Windows set up to have the same set up out of xdm 
as I have out of startx?