xdm

September 5th, 2003 | by jg3 |

[fjord] ~> cat doc/-xdm

$Id: -xdm,v 1.1 2003/09/05 19:57:02 jamgill Exp jamgill $

change the line in /etc/ttys that says

ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure

to

ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on secure

and if you know $your_favorite_windowmanager you might:

echo "exec $your_favorite_windowmanager" >> .xsession \
        && chmod 755 .xsession

or, if you currently use ’startx’ then

cp .xinitrc .xsession && chmod u+x .xsession

the next time you reboot, you will be presented with a graphical login prompt instead of the text-based console.

[fjord] ~> echo “make the XDM login prompt cool” >> ~/.plan

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