Subject: Re: misc/5115: xdm doesn't run correctly when called from /etc/rc
To: None <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
From: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/04/1998 15:23:55
>>>>> "WR" == Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> writes:
WR> There is a second related problem I've just noticed with xdm sitting
WR> on the wrong pty every once in a while.
WR> The workarounds are:
WR> 1) run ssh from inetd
WR> 2) turn off getty on ttyv1
3) don't run xdm from rc, run it in nodaemon mode on a particular vt,
and configure your X server to use that one too.
In /etc/ttys:
ttyv7 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" pcvt25 on secure
In /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -terminate vt8
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