Thanks Ryan, I could have sworn I tried a pkill in my xsession, but I'll definitely try again.
I didn't know about sysmerge; I'll read the man page. > On 17 Dec 2013, at 00:19, Ryan Freeman <r...@slipgate.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 01:32:04PM +0000, Laurence Rochfort wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I want to prevent xconsole starting with xdm. I see it is started in >> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0. >> >> Is there a user or system specific file for xdm conf files as there are for >> /etc/rc.conf? If not, and I modify Xsetup_0 will it be overwritten on OS >> upgrade? > > While I don't believe there is any .local version of Xsetup_0, I myself > put pkill xconsole in my .xsession to rid myself of the xconsole once > i login. That way I see the xconsole on boot, then can transition > to a root-tail after login. > > This doesn't prevent it from starting up with xdm of course, so if > your problem is that you don't want it showing up on the login screen > I can only think modifying Xsetup_0 and merging changes via sysmerge > is the way to go. > > Cheers, > > -ryan > >> >> Many thanks, >> Laurence
