[TriLUG] Unattended start of xdm

[Janyne Kizer]

Someone suggested usoing rc.local to start xdm as a workaround. That
seems to do the trick.  If anyone has tips on getting XDM/XDMCP to start
properly under runlevel 5, I'd appreciated it.  Thanks a bunch!

Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
> I am using XDM/XDMCP to connnect some NCD terminals to an RH 7.2 machine
> 
> and I would like for Linux to automatically start XDM and accept XDMCP
> requests on bootup.  This seems like it should be simple enough but I am
> 
> stuck.  I have everything configured and working fine in runlevel 3 but
> I have to login as root and manually start XDM from the prompt. When I
> change to runlevel 5, the server does not accept XDMCP requests.  The
> documentation I found at
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/zseries-install-guide/s1-guimode-sysadmin.html
> 
> does not seem to do the trick either.  I'm sure that I am missing
> something simple but I can't figure it out.  Any assistance would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
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Janyne M. Kizer
CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
Systems Programmer Administrator I
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension and Administrative Technology Services
Phone: (919) 515-3609