Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-31 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 31 Jul, Bob C. Ruddy wrote about "Re: xdm on a headless machine" > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Steve Rothanburg wrote: > > ->In /etc/X11/xdm/xservers comment out any line referring to servers that you > really > ->don't want it to start. > > This works

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-31 Thread Bob C. Ruddy
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Steve Rothanburg wrote: ->In /etc/X11/xdm/xservers comment out any line referring to servers that you really ->don't want it to start. This works but it checks fro a valid XF86Config file which I don't have. Any ideas? Bob

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
You would edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers as this is the file which dictates what X servers are managed my xdm. The line for the local server tells xdm to start that server. Thus you can comment out this line to prevent xdm from starting X on the local machine (and thus "taking over the console"). "

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 13 Jul, Bob C. Ruddy wrote about "xdm on a headless machine" > Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn't want it to > take over the console? > Read the xdm man page: OVERVIEW xdm is highly configurable, and most of its behavior can

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Steve Rothanburg
In /etc/X11/xdm/xservers comment out any line referring to servers that you really don't want it to start. I think the last line of the file says: :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 Just put a # in front of that line. "Bob C. Ruddy" wrote: > Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn'

xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Bob C. Ruddy
Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn't want it to take over the console? Bob