NAME

dmset − NEWS−OS display manager setup command

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sony/etc/dmset [ −x | −n ]

DESCRIPTION

Dmset command cause to use display manager sxdm.  Dmset command set the ’DM=’ entry in /etc/rc.custom to ’sxdm’, and ty_status entry of console in /etc/ttys to ’off’. 
After setup the /etc/rc.custom and /etc/ttys, dmset ask if reboot the system. If you key in ’y’, immediately execute the reboot process. Otherwise, you have to reboot the system manually. 

Options to dmset are:

−x option use xdm for sxdm. 

−n If you don’t want to use both sxdm and xdm, you can use this option.  It sets the ty_status entry of console in /etc/ttys to ’on’.  Then you can login on console by getty(8). 

Only the super user is permitted to execute dmset command.  You have to setup using −n option if you don’t use bitmap display as console. 

FILES

/etc/rc.custom
/etc/ttys

NEWS-OSRelease 4.1C