flanagan@milton.u.washington.edu (Jim Flanagan) (08/27/90)
I am trying to rid a DS5000 of the DECwindows stuff that comes up when the
machine is rebooted, in lieu of X11R4, but there is some confusing stuff
going on. I figured that control of the display was handled in /etc/ttys
but lo and behold:
console "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure
nothing strange. So, on a whim I scan the file for anything out of the
ordinary and found it:
:0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter -C /usr/bin/dxsession -e"
none on secure window="/usr/bin/Xcfb"
How is this thing used? There is no /dev/:0. I removed it, and I got a dead
console. I tried
:0 "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure
and got a dead console.
What I guess I want is the node information for the frame buffer on the
DS5000 (This is a color machine). Or? Is there something simple I am
missing (yeah! 4.0 Docs!)
Please reply via mail. I'm too busy reading alt.sex.bondage to pay attention
to comp.* groups.
Thanks,
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=====================================================================mathisen@dali.cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) (08/28/90)
In article <6756@milton.u.washington.edu> flanagan@milton.u.washington.edu (Jim Flanagan) writes: | | I am trying to rid a DS5000 of the DECwindows stuff that comes up when the | machine is rebooted, in lieu of X11R4, but there is some confusing stuff | going on. I figured that control of the display was handled in /etc/ttys | but lo and behold: | | console "/etc/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure Well, you can change the off to on, and then by removing the :0 line you mention below, you can still log in on the console (after a kill -1 1). | | nothing strange. So, on a whim I scan the file for anything out of the | ordinary and found it: | | :0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter -C /usr/bin/dxsession -e" | none on secure window="/usr/bin/Xcfb" | | How is this thing used? There is no /dev/:0. I removed it, and I got a dead This is the line that keeps the X server running, and fires up the login prompter. If you're using X11R4, you're going to want to bag using /etc/ttys and go with xdm... it's quick, it's easy, and it's the law... What I did to use R4 on DS5000's and 3100's is: rename /usr/bin/X11 -> /usr/bin/X11.dw rename /usr/lib/X11 -> /usr/lib/X11.dw rename /usr/lib/lib*X*.a -> /usr/lib/lib*X*.a.dw (except for libcursesX.a) rename /usr/include/X11 -> /usr/include/X11.dw installed R4 in /usr/local/{lib,bin,include}/X11, and set up xdm. Then I copied the app-defaults files from /usr/lib/X11.dw/app-defaults to /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults, added the fonts.alias file posted awhile back, changed my path to put /usr/local/bin/X11 first, and voila'! R4 clients to an R4 server, but I can still use dxterm, and most of the other Decwindow stuff... Of course, if you're a purist, the simplest way is to delete all the DECwindow subsets with setld, install R4, and go crazy...
wendl@munich.enet.dec.com (uli) (08/29/90)
Ahh, "sm" means "SadoMasochism", correct? If you get a solution to start DECwindows (or OSF/Motif) simply out of .login, but not automatically, please let me know. Uli
barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (08/30/90)
In article <279@uninet.vbo.dec.com> wendl@munich.enet.dec.com (uli) writes: >If you get a solution to start DECwindows (or OSF/Motif) simply out of >.login, but not automatically, please let me know. First, comment out the ":0" in /etc/ttys and uncomment the "console" line, as described in another posting, to stop DECwindows from coming up at boot time. Then put the following into a shell script (say, "startdx"): /usr/bin/X11/xinit /usr/bin/dxsession :0 -- /usr/bin/X :0 exit 0 Then to start DECwindows from a .login file or command line, just invoke this shell script: $ startdx THE FULL PATH NAMES ARE IMPORTANT -- this is the "xinit" provided by DEC unsupported, and DEC's DECwindows X server. On our machine, /usr/bin/X is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/Xmfb (monochrome DS3100). Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett, Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University | | INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | | COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////