6.1. Configuring xdm and kdm

If everything is working now, it's time to setup the automatic starting of X on all displays. For xdm and kdm you have to modify one single file. For a Red Hat-like system this would be /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers; for other distributions check whether this file exists. If not, find your XFree86 configuration directory, and in it you'll find xdm/Xservers.

Note

SuSE uses: /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers for xdm /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xservers for kdm you can make a backup copy of /etc/opt/.../kdm/Xservers and make a symbolic link from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to /etc/opt/../kdm/Xservers, in order to use the same configuration file for xdm and kdm. Debian uses: /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers for kdm you can make a backup copy of /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers and make a symbolic link from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers to /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers, in order to use the same configuration file for xdm and kdm. Red Hat and Gentoo use: /etc/X11/XF86Config

For every additional X server you should add a single line. You can copy the existing line, change the X server binary and display number, and append -xf86config [your configuration file]. My original xdm/Xservers:

##################################################################### # $XConsortium: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:30 gildea Exp $ # # # $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.1.1.1.12.2 1998/10/04 15:23:14 hohndel Exp $ # # Xservers file, workstation prototype # # This file should contain an entry to start the server on the # local display; if you have more than one display (not screen), # you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP, # you can add them here as well. Each X terminal line should # look like: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # :0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 vt7 ######################################################################

and the modified version:

###################################################################### # $XConsortium: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:30 gildea Exp $ # # # $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.1.1.1.12.2 1998/10/04 15:23:14 hohndel Exp $ # # Xservers file, workstation prototype # # This file should contain an entry to start the server on the # local display; if you have more than one display (not screen), # you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP, # you can add them here as well. Each X terminal line should # look like: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # :0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0 -deferglyphs 16 vt7 :1 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.TNT2 vt17 #######################################################################

If you have more video cards just add more lines:

:2 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :2 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.[your 3rd card] vt18
:3 local .....
      

If you use a single XFree configuration file :

###################################################################### # $XConsortium: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:30 gildea Exp $ # # # $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.1.1.1.12.2 1998/10/04 15:23:14 hohndel Exp $ # # Xservers file, workstation prototype # # This file should contain an entry to start the server on the # local display; if you have more than one display (not screen), # you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP, # you can add them here as well. Each X terminal line should # look like: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # :0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0 -layout first-Xserver -deferglyphs 16 vt7 :1 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -layout second-Xserver vt17 #######################################################################

Note

Under older versions of Backstreet Ruby (released before 7. Oct 2003) each console is represented by 8 tty's, so you should use: ..... :0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0 -deferglyphs 16 vt7 :1 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.TNT2 vt9 ..... Or if you have more video cards just add more lines: :2 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X2 :2 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.[your 3rd card] vt16 :3 local ..... If you use a single XFree configuration file : ................ :0 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0 -layout first-Xserver -deferglyphs 16 vt7 :1 local /bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1 -layout second-Xserver vt9 ................