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## 4.1. 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 `xf86site.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 by disabling the console getty and adding the following code to `/etc/rc.local`:

> `

>       if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ]; then
>         echo -n ' xdm'; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
>       fi

> `

To disable the console getty, change ``on'' to ``off'' in the console entry in `/etc/ttys`:

> `

>      ttyv0	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"	pc	off secure

> `

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