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From: bd@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM (Bob Desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Booting with Xwindows 11R2
Message-ID: <920016@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 24 Dec 88 08:35:37 GMT
References: <5270@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: HP Software Engineering Systems, Palo Alto
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Kevin Jackson (kevinj@refuge.colorado.edu) asks:
> Has anyone had success with starting up X11 from /etc/inittab.

Although it may not help much now, a program called xdm (X display
manager) is distributed with the X11 release 3 sources.  It attempts
to provide services similar to those provided by init, getty, and
login:  prompt for login and password, authenticate the login, and run
a "session."  No vendors are shipping release 3 yet, as far as I know.

You can get X11r3 sources from X sources system expo.lcs.MIT.EDU,
reachable via the Internet.  They're pretty huge, though, so ask
around to see if any of your friends have it on their machines (and
then get just xdm and the pieces you need for it).  Judging from the
man page, it looks like you need either an X guru or a lot of
persistance to get it on its feet.  One of the more adventurous
wizards nearby is running xdm on his Series 300 and it looks pretty
cool.

-- bd