Using gdm at boot

[Alec Berryman]

begin  quotation of Trey Sizemore on 2004-11-29 17:49:04 -0500:

> I've got FreeBSD 5.3 setup on my desktop and wanted to use gdm to login.
> Per instructions I found at marcuscom.com:

Also in /usr/ports/x11/gdm2

> Do _NOT_ use /etc/ttys to start gdm at boot time.  This will result in
> gdm hanging or restarting constantly.  Instead, copy the included
> gdm.sh.sample script to gdm.sh, and restart.  This script is found
> in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d.
> 
> Silly question, but I'm not sure I understand where to copy this file
> to.  Same directory (/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d)?

Yes.  And `chmod +x` it so that it can be run.

> Does doing this alone enable gdm without any changes to /etc.ttys?

Yes.

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