On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 OinkFreeBiker@att.net wrote:

>
> I'd like to boot straight to X, (kde actually) and login
> there at powerup.
> I'd found instructions for setting this up on-line. Tried
> it, but didn't work.
> Here is the instruction I followed...
>
>
> ############# BEGIN QUOTE ###############
>
> 14.10. Graphical login with xdm
>
> If you always use X for your work and the first thing you
> do after you log in is run startx, you can set up a
> graphical login for your workstation which does this
> automatically. It is very easy:
>
> 1.Create the .xsession file in your home directory. This
> file is similar to ~/.xinitrc and can, in fact, be a link
> to the latter.
>
> 2.Modify /etc/rc.conf:
>
>   xdm=YES       xdm_flags=""       # x11 display manager
>
>
>   If you prefer (why?) you can add the following line at
> the end of /etc/rc.local instead of modifying rc.conf:
>
>   /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
>
>
>   This method can be used to start, for example, kdm or
> gdm instead of xdm.
>
> ############# END QUOTE ###############
>
>
> I created the hard link to ~/.xinitrc named as
> ~/.xsession, no prob. Then I substituted "xdm" from above
> with "kdm=YES" and "kdm_flags="" in /etc/rc.conf
> supposing that to be what was ment.

Unfortunatly netbsd has no script that understands the 'kdm' or 'kdm_flags'
vairables.

The sugestion above to add a line to the end of rc.local is the best way of
doing it - add:

/usr/X11R6/bin/kdm

(or whatever the path to kdm is).

If you don't have an rc.local just create it - netbsd will pick it up.

> It doesn't work. Nothing bad happens; it just doesn't
> boot straight to X.
>
> I do have ~/.xinitrc so that it works okay when I login
> at the command line, do su, and then type startx. KDE
> starts up fine then (except for audio...but that's
> another matter).

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