what am I doing wrong with xdm

[Brian V. Smith]

In article <646 at tron.UUCP>, carson at tron.UUCP (Dana Carson) writes:
|> 
|>    I am trying to use xdm instead of the DEC session manager as my X
|> startup.  It looks good at first but after logging in and logging out
|> I get two login boxes!  I fiddled with it for a while and have tried
|> using the simplest possible xdm configuration files I can thing of and
|> it's still happening.

How are you starting xdm?  It should NOT be started by /etc/ttys, which
would start a new one everytime you log out.  Is should be started once
in, say /etc/rc.local and never again.

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith at lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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