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From: mamros@energy.test.cbm.dec.com (Shawn Mamros)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: how to prevent dxterm from auto-starting
Keywords: dxterm
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.084159@energy.test.cbm.dec.com>
Date: 9 Oct 90 12:41:59 GMT
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Reply-To: mamros@crl.dec.com (Shawn Mamros)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Somewhere in your .Xdefaults file, there is probably a line like this:

sm.create_terminal: 1

This should be changed to

sm.create_terminal: 0

If you don't have such a line, then add one (with the zero value).
To start up xterm at login time, create a file named .X11Startup (if you
don't have one already) and place the following line in it:

xterm &

-Shawn Mamros
E-mail to: mamros@crl.dec.com
Disclaimer: All blame for this note is mine, not my employer's...