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From: jwb@cepmax.ncsu.EDU (John W. Baugh Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Configuring X on an Apollo
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Date: 7 Aug 90 14:21:35 GMT
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Please bear with some novice questions.  I need some help in setting
up X on our Apollos.  I would like the following:

  - an X environment by default
    (i.e., users walk up to the "Welcome to X Windows" prompt
    and begin working in an X window)
  - the ability to run programs that rely on Apollo's DM
    (like Interleaf 4.0, I believe)

We currently have machines configured in one of two ways:

  - an /etc/daemons/xdm file and the /etc/rc command:
      (/etc/xdm) &
    which gives us the X environment, but not Interleaf

  - an /etc/daemons/Xapollo file (and no /etc/daemons/xdm file)
    and the /etc/rc command:
      (nice --10 /etc/Xapollo -D1 s+r+ ) &
    which gives us Interleaf, but not X (by default, at least.
    This means users of X software have to explicitly invoke
    xinit and twm.)

It appears that to run both X and DM software we have to use
Xapollo.  If this is indeed the case, is it possible to make
X the default environment instead of DM?

Many thanks,

John Baugh
jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu