>To:  NetBSD Mac
>From:  Ed Wright
>
>Colin Wood typed -
>
>...How is it unstable?
>
>If xdm is YES in rc.conf, and I start an X win session
>with startx - with a valid .xinitrc, X windows tends
>to quit and throw me back to the single terminal mode.

This may be a stupid question...
but after setting "xdm=yes" in rc.conf, did you restart?

During the bootup process, the last thing that should happen
is that the xserver should start up, and then xdm should
give you a graphical login screen.  If you are logging in
and trying to start X, then XDM did not start up properly
at boot time.


Also, Bob Nestor's FAQ was a great help to me.

- Roger


Roger Fischer  roger@badger1.net  http://www.badger1.net
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