README for XFree86 3.3.2 on OpenBSD : Installing Xdm, the display manager
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6. Installing Xdm, the display manager

The file xc/lib/Xdmcp/WrapHelp.c is not available in France (where the binary distribution is built) so support for XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 is not included here. You'll have to get WrapHelp.c and rebuild xdm after having set HasXdmAuth in host.def.

The file is available within the US; for details see ftp.x.org:/pub/R6/xdm-auth/README.

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 also need to create the virtual console device for the X server:

cd /dev
 ./MAKEDEV ttyC5

It's also better to specify explicitly the virtual console to be used by the X server. If you're experimenting keyboards lockup with xdm, in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers, replace the line:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
by:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt06


README for XFree86 3.3.2 on OpenBSD : Installing Xdm, the display manager
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