Ken Nakata wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:45:11 +1300, Paul Thompson wrote:
> > Hi everyone, I'm asking for some help with X.
> >
> > My Computer: LC475, Full 68040, 36MB Ram, 1MB Of VRam, 2.2GB HD, Internal
> > Video with 14" apple monitor, Asante 10 Base T ethernet in the one slot and
> > (of course) NetBSD 1.3.2
> >
> > I have installed X and it works fine in B&W, doesn't crash anymore. Works
> > fine over the ethernet to my PC etc. I have read about and downloaded the
> > OSFA X Server and I have read various statements that suggest that it
> > should or shouldn't work :-) (Hence my confusion) What I would like to know
> > is, Does the OSFA work on the internal video on on the 475? If so what do I
> > have to do to make it work? The manual makes some mention of changing the
> > kernel?
> 
> To run the OSFA server in color on the internal video, all you have to
> do is change the screen color depth to 16 bits (thousands of colors)
> before booting into NetBSD.  Unfortunately, the OSFA server cannot
> make use of internal color video except in 16-bit mode.
> 
> > Is there an X login program so that the console can start with X? Like SCO?
> 
> Probably you can do it by running xdm automatically at the boot time,
> but exactly how, I don't know.
> 
> Ken
if you want to run xdm at boottime, first, you must configure your display
for the use with startx, after, you edit rc.conf and you search the line
xdm=NO		xdm_flags=""

and you put
xdm=YES

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