Loading XDM on X-Terminal on Solaris 2.x

  1. Check X-Terminal name is registered in /etc/hosts

    # vi /etc/hosts
    192.9.200.1 ncd01
  2. Register X-terminal name in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers.

    Comment xdm loading on console only.

    # vi /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
    ncd01:0 foreign
  3. Run /usr/bin/X11/xdm daemon
              
              # vi /etc/rc2.d/S98xdm (for autoloading of xdm)
    
                #!/bin/sh
                if [ -f /usr/openwin/bin/xdm ] ; then
                      echo "starting xdm daemon"
                      /usr/openwin/bin/xdm
                fi
    
              # /usr/openwin/bin/xdm or reboot
              
              
  4. Setup X-Terminal Menu