Re: How do you configure opendarwin to give graphical login with X11 after boot?

I'd suggest you upgrade your ports tree and take a look at the 'gdm' 
port. It's GNOME's display manager, and I edited the port so that it can 
start automatically on boot.

- Dan

msalisbury wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I installed opendarwin-7.2.1 and XFree86-4.4 on my ibook clamshell. 
> Everything works well. I’m using twm at the moment (exploring all the 
> configuration possibilities). I have fink and darwinports installed 
> via cvs. I was having problems with the date but found out about the 
> command “date” and set the clock so that things install easily. I 
> still cannot get xterm or rxvt to give ansi color but I haven’t set up 
> an .Xdefault or .Xresources file yet. I’ll try that soon. Right now 
> when I turn the ibook on, I get the regular console and start x with 
> “startx”. I have had problems with it starting up til I changed some 
> files around (ssh_config and sshd_config). Now I would like to get a 
> graphical login to X after I turn on the ibook, instead of the console 
> login. Does that mean I need to use XDM or do I just have to put 
> something in /Library/StartupItems. I read a website that talks about 
> using XDM and Xvnc which discusses putting XDMStartup.tar.gz in 
> /Library/StartupItems 
> (http://homepage.mac.com/steventamm/software/xdmvnc.html). I was 
> wondering if any one had any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
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