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7.1. Starting xdm, the display manager

To start the display manager, log in as root on the console and type: ``xdm -nodaemon''.

You can start xdm automatically on bootup un-commenting the following code in /etc/rc.local:

  if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
    echo -n ' xdm'; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
  fi

On the default OpenBSD 2.2 installation, you will need to create the virtual console device for the X server:

cd /dev
 ./MAKEDEV ttyC5

Note that the binary distributions of XFree86 for OpenBSD don't include support for the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 protocol.


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