Startx on boot

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NeoTerra

Hello everyone, I know this is my first post but I am really stumped on this issue.

I want X (then fluxbox, but I got that covered in the .xinitrc) to start on boot, without going to the console to login first.

I edited the /etc/ttys file to the on position:
Code: 
ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on secure

However now when FreeBSD boots it goes straight to the XDM logon screen. When I put in root for the username and the root password, it just loops back to the XDM login screen. It won't even recognize my other user (who is a member of the wheel group).

Ideally I want to use the SLiM login manager, but I figured I'd try to figure out the XDM one first. I read the handbook and it isn't helping. I searched google and this forum and couldn't find anything that dealt with my issue specifically.

I'd really appreciate any help, thanks.
 
kpa said:
Last time I used x11/slim I started it from /etc/rc.conf instead of /etc/ttys:

Code: 
slim_enable="YES"

I remember that x11/slim used ~/.xinitrc instead of ~/.xsession.
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I actually found that using the /etc/rc.conf method created more problems than I needed. Anyways, I figured out how to fix it all. Marking as [Solved] now.

I thank you and wblock@ for your time.
 
FreeBSD will always boot with the console, it will just start a login manager if enabled in /etc/ttys. The login manager starts X, and usually will show a graphical login screen.

Please describe what you did to enable xdm or slim. It may be helpful for others.
 
Well I just added the line in the /etc/ttys file.

Code: 
ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/slim"  xterm   on secure

Then however I ran into issues logging on as a non-root user. Simple fix to that was to copy my .xinitrc file from /root to /usr/home/user. Then had to fix permissions:

Code: 
cd /usr/home/user
chmod 755 .xinitrc

SLiM now works :)
 
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