> You could add somethine like the following (completely untested!)
> to /etc/rc.local:
>
>        if checkyesno xserver; then
>                if [ -z "$xdmhost" ]; then
>                        echo WARNING: xdmhost variable not set
>                else
>                        echo "Start X server, xdm from $xdmhost"
>                        ( while true; do
>                                /usr/X11R6/bin/X $xserver_flags -direct $xdmhost
>                        done ) &
>                fi
>        fi

s/direct/query/ and s/true/:/, please.

There should be a handy way to retain console login: by killing X
server loop, I guess.

Tohru Nishimura