Subject: Re: one more xdm problem
To: Nik Ingle <ingle@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/29/1999 17:40:25
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Nik Ingle wrote:
> pmax people:
>
> thanks for all your help. Xdm now runs, but not from boot up. What I get
> from boot up is a white screen (with all the boot info written in black)
> and no use of the mouse or keyboard. I need to go and kill xdm and xfs
> then start them up again (from a remote login), at which point I get the
> expected login window.
>
> I have included in the rc file the 'set -m' and 'set +m' around the xdm
> line as mentioned.
I thought it was a set +m before xfs. ?? If it works...
> Do I also need to change:
>
> console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure
>
> in the /etc/ttys file to off?
Yes.
Take care,
Bill