On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:31:47 -0800 (PST) Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> wrote: > Sorry, my XFree86 4.2.0 woes revisited... Can a couple of you post > sample lines from your /etc/ttys files that show either the "off" > console method or the "xdm -session -nodaemon etc" method please? > > My /etc/ttys file currently has some commented-out seemingly junk > lines: > #ttyv7 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon -error > /usr/X11R6/xdm_errors.log" xterm on secure > #ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -error /usr/X11R6/xdm_errors.log -session > startkde" xterm off secure I use: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure I'm disturbed that your ttyv8 line above doesn't say "-nodaemon", but that can be specified in the xdm-config file or the Xresources file. The default configuration file is in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm, but the normal way with FreeBSD 4.x and XFree86 4.x is for that path to be a symlink to /etc/X11/xdm, so all your configuration lives under /etc where it belongs (and all log files live under /var where they belong). "man xdm" explains all the xdm configuration. "man ttys" explains the /etc/ttys file. Note that the word "off" in the fourth field disables the line as if it's commented out. > And what's all this I hear about CTRL-Alt-F# to change from console to > X? Try it, you'll like it. ;-) > And what's this I hear about using wrapper if you are non-root? Once > the startx script or the XFree86 binary is run from the command line, > is the user taken automatically into a GUI environment, or must the > user then*change* to the virtual console/screen on which the X-server > is running? The X server needs root permissions to open its log file and the display, keyboard, and mouse. An Xserver is a big, complex program, so it's not a good idea to give it setuid. Xwrapper is a small, simple program that is given setuid so it can open those things, then it gives up root permission and starts the Xserver, passing it the files already opened. But that's only an issue if you want users to be able to start the X server themselves. Since you have the multiple virtual terminals (see Ctl+Alt+Fn above) there's no need for that. If you turn xdm "on" in /etc/ttys, then init will start xdm which then will start the X server, all running as root. xdm takes care of all the permission switching stuff, so there's no need for Xwrapper. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html
