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 4.2.1R