Re: X-WIN Help?

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From: Urban Borstnik
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 00:00

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Dan - UCS-MIC/WUMD Engineering (dzubai1@umbc.edu) wrote:
> I have a dell dim p100 with 16 meg ram.
> I want to run x-windows as the default log-in.
> I want an x-windows login prompt. Is this possible?

  Yes, it's possible with the xdm program.  It's usually associated
with runlevel 6 (you can change default runlevel in your /etc/inittab).


> Also, where can I get an o/s selection util so I can select to
> run linux or win95?

  LILO should be able to handle it, though some have had trouble
(personally, I don't have win95 so I wouldn't know too well).


  -bUrban
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