From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 16:23:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8E416A4D1 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:23:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ALPHA6.ITS.MONASH.EDU.AU (alpha6.its.monash.edu.au [130.194.1.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9DD43D46 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bawig1@student.monash.edu) Received: from localhost ([130.194.13.88]) by vaxc.its.monash.edu.au (PMDF V6.1 #39306) with ESMTP id <01LBGR4I7T4U8X04PZ@vaxc.its.monash.edu.au> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:21:16 +1000 Received: from moe.its.monash.edu.au (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC43AB542; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:21:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail2.monash.edu.aumoe.its.monash.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B694A4FB09; Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:21:15 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:21:15 +1000 From: Brett Wiggins To: ruben@bloemgarten.demon.nl Message-id: <15605160f8.160f815605@mail2.monash.edu.au> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Netscape Webmail Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: more kdm questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:23:53 -0000 hello again, > Did you set the hostname ? > > This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. Thanks again Brett >> hello (again), >> I am still having some problems with kdm, I have >> searched >> (again) the archives and the handbook. Below are the steps I took, >> files I edited during setup. After I installed the X window system >> and >> KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains; >> >> exec startkde >> >>> after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE. >> >> I then setup KDM by editing the file >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I >> added the following to the file; >> >> case $# in >> 1) >> case $1 in >> kde) >> exec /usr/local/bin/startkde >> ;; >> failsafe) >> exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0 >> ;; >> esac >> esac >> Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0; >> >> /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop >> >> KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at >> the >> login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any >> please let me know. >> >> Thanks again >> >> Brett >>