Hello!

Once upon a time (on Sunday 02 November 2003 02:42), RalexEnUSA wrote :
 > How can I make X (KDE) start before the people login?
 > Is there another way of making X automatically start than putting in
 > "startx" in the .login?

I'll be assuming you use Linux. *BSD and other unices shall behave the same.

In /etc/inittab, locate the line that read something like (where x is a
number):
id:x:initdefault:

As I understand, that number must be 3 in your file. Change it to 5, and check
you have another line reading:
x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
or to use KDE's session manager:
x:5:respawn:/path/to/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Warning! you need only one and only one of the above two lines!

Then, next time you run your computer, it shall start X automatically and
offer users a way to graphically login.

More to read:
man xdm

Regards,
Yann.

PS. There exists a way to instruct kdm to auto-login a user upon startup,
    which might prove usefull if you're using a home computer. See :
    man kdm
Regards,
YEM.

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