Re: Using login with xdm

Todd Gruhn <[email protected]> Mon, 8 Jun 2026 07:31:59 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.general
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I found it. Thanks.

Will play with it.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM Michael van Elst <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [email protected] (Todd Gruhn) writes:
>
> >I do:
>
> >service xdm start
>
> >result:
>
> >xdm does not exist in /etc/rc.d
>
> >So where does /etc/rc.d/*xdm come from?
> >Do I need to make and install xdm?
> >I am using modular-xorg stuff.
>
>
> When you use the modular-xorg stuff, then you have to install the
> corresponding packages. In this case x11/xdm.
>
> When you install the package you get a message like:
>
> ===========================================================================
> The following files should be created for xdm-1.1.17:
>
>         /etc/rc.d/xdm (m=0755)
>             [/usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/xdm]
>
> ===========================================================================
>