To start the display manager, log in as root on the console and type:
``xdm -nodaemon
''.
You can start xdm automatically on bootup by disabling the console getty
and adding the following code to /etc/rc.local
:
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
echo -n ' xdm'; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
fi
To disable the console getty, change ``on'' to ``off'' in
the console entry in /etc/ttys
:
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc off secure
Under NetBSD 1.4 with the wscons console driver, you must enable a virtual console for the X server first. To do this follow these steps:
cd /dev ;
./MAKEDEV wscons
''. wscons=YES
'' in
/etc/rc.conf
./etc/wscons.conf
exists. The relevant
bits:
#screen 0 - vt100
screen 1 - vt100
screen 2 - vt100
screen 3 - vt100
screen 4 - -
screen 5 - vt100
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this explanation)
Note that the binary distributions of XFree86 for NetBSD don't include support for the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 protocol.