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