Hi, Rod,
In order to start xdm, you have to change the default runlevel 3 with
the runlevel 4 (in '/etc/inittab' -- default runlevel).
Have fun,
bogdan
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Rod Gotty wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am running RedHat-5.1 and have XFree86 configured and ready on my
> system. I can start it by running the command 'startx' and everything
> works as expected.
>
> My question is, how do I get X to start before I even login. I am under
> the impression that I can configure Linux to start X before anyone logs in
> and they are presented with an X login prompt, etc. Is this true? If so,
> can someone either give me or point me to detailed information on how I do
> it. I looked at the 'xdm' command and it was not intuitively obviouse to
> me how and where I should use it.
>
> Thanks
> -Rod
>
