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From: wittig@gmdzi.gmd.de (Georg Wittig)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R4 on DECstation 3100, how to load automatically?
Message-ID: <4826@gmdzi.gmd.de>
Date: 3 Jun 91 12:29:28 GMT
References: <1991May31.231043.17006@hamblin.math.byu.edu>
Organization: GMD - The German National Research Center for Computer Science
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thomas@bach.cs.byu.edu (Thomas McNeill) writes:

>I have successfully compiled generic X11R4 on a DECstation 3100, after
>some patches from some nice folks (thanks!).  Now I want to automatically
>load X11R4 when the machine boots, but no luck.  I changed the last
>line in /etc/ttys, but this does not work.  Not surprising, since the X11R4
>documentation says this method is no longer supported.  They say
>"check with your system administrator."  Well, I did, and he is me,
>and he doesn't know!

Comment out the ``:0'' line in /etc/ttys, and
append the line
	/usr/bin/X11/xdm
to your ``/etc/rc.local''. That should do the trick.
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