Subject: Re: XDM - X Login Screen
To: None <mtriebwa@csc.com>
From: Martin Weber <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/06/2001 23:09:11
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 02:22:28PM -0700, mtriebwa@csc.com wrote:
> I am having difficulties with getting XDM to start up automatically at boot
> time.  I have checked the archive for this list and followed the
> recommendations but to no avail. I am getting xdm-errors such as this:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenPcvt: Cannot open /dev/ttyE4 (Device not configured)
> 
> I have changed the /etc/wscons.conf to look like:
> screen  1       -       vt100
> screen  2       -       vt100
> screen  3       -       vt100
> screen  4       -       -
ttyE0 ttyE1 ttyE2 ttyE3
> mux           1
> 
> The Xservers file looks fine:
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt05
vt01 vt02 vt03 vt04 vt05
=> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt04
> 
> The /etc/ttys file looks fine:
> console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         pc3     off secure
> ttyE0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE1   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE2   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
> ttyE3   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure
ttyE3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" vt220 off secure
> .
> .
> 
> The /etc/rc.conf looks fine:
> wscons=YES              wscons_flags=""         # setup wscons from
> wscons.conf
> xfs=NO                  xfs_flags=""            # X11 font server
> xdm=YES                 xdm_flags=""            # X11 display manager;
> needs
>                                                 # wscons=YES for local
> displays.wscons=YES
> 
> The current configuration is NetBSD 1.5,  XFree86 4.1.0.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
Think so ...

Martin Weber