xdm

If you want to display or hide xconsole while running an xdm session, then:

1. look for Xsetup_0 file in your system

2. Find this line (or similar to this from NetBSD), and comment/uncomment regarding your needs:

xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail

 

NetBSD default configuration of XDM is a bit buggy. If you want to start xfce4 session, configure your ~/.xsession as normally. Then your login will be rejected, and the system drops you back to the XDM login screen.