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  <H2><A NAME="3"></A>3. Installing The Display Manager (xdm)</H2>
<p>The display manager makes your PC look like an X terminal.  That is, it
presents you with a login screen that runs under X.</p>
<p>The easiest way to automatically start the display manager on boot is to
add a line in <code>/etc/ttys</code> to start it on one of the unoccupied
virtual terminals:</p>
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 ttyv4	"/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm	on secure
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<p>You should also make sure that <code>/usr/X11R6/bin/X</code> is a symbolic
link to the Xserver that matches your video card or edit the file
Xservers in <code>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm</code> to specify the pathname of
the X server.</p>
<p>The change to <code>/etc/ttys</code> won't take effect until you either
reboot or ``<code>kill -HUP 1</code>'' to force initd to reread
<code>/etc/ttys</code>.  You can also test the display manager manually by
loging in as root on the console and typing ``<code>xdm -nodaemon</code>''.</p>


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