Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 11:29:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r52765 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 Message-ID: <201901131129.x0DBTW7J024114@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bcr Date: Sun Jan 13 11:29:32 2019 New Revision: 52765 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52765 Log: Remove instructions about outdated KDE4 and replace them with KDE5 Plasma. The instructions are rewritten to cover KDE5 specifics like installing the necessary packages (SDDM). Happy KDE5-ing on FreeBSD! PR: 231235 Submitted by: lbartoletti@tuxfamily.org Reviewed by: kde@, tcberner@ Approved by: tcberner@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18813 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Sun Jan 13 11:00:21 2019 (r52764) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Sun Jan 13 11:29:32 2019 (r52765) @@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> <para>To install the <application>KDE</application> package, type:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/kde4</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/kde5</userinput></screen> <para>To instead build the <application>KDE</application> port, use the following command. Installing the port will provide a @@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> <application>KDE</application> is a large application and will take some time to compile, even on a fast computer.</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde5</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> <indexterm> @@ -1598,13 +1598,17 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> <programlisting>dbus_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> - <para>The installation of <application>KDE</application> - includes the KDE Display Manager, - <application>KDM</application>. To enable this display - manager, add this line to + <para>Since KDE Plasma 5, the KDE Display Manager, + <application>KDM</application> is no longer developed. + A possible replacement is <application>SDDM</application>. + To install it, type:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/sddm</userinput></screen> + + <para>Add this line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> - <programlisting>kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting> + <programlisting>sddm_enable="YES"</programlisting> <para>A second method for launching <application>KDE</application> is to type @@ -1612,14 +1616,14 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> work, the following line is needed in <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:</para> - <programlisting>exec /usr/local/bin/startkde</programlisting> + <programlisting>exec ck-launch-session startkde</programlisting> <para>A third method for starting <application>KDE</application> is through <application>XDM</application>. To do so, create an executable <filename>~/.xsession</filename> as follows:</para> - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startkde" > ~/.xsession</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec ck-launch-session startkde" > ~/.xsession</userinput></screen> <para>Once <application>KDE</application> is started, refer to its built-in help system for more information on how to use
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