Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42571 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 Message-ID: <201308222133.r7MLXrWs052339@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Thu Aug 22 21:33:53 2013 New Revision: 42571 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42571 Log: Remove mention of KDE3 from the Handbook desktop environments section. Modified patch from PR. Thanks to Hendrik Lugtenburg for his patience. PR: docs/181353 Submitted by: Hendrik Lugtenburg <hendrik.lugtenburg@gmail.com> 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 Thu Aug 22 20:36:35 2013 (r42570) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Thu Aug 22 21:33:53 2013 (r42571) @@ -1581,15 +1581,6 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree <application>KDE</application>, consult the <ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">KDE/FreeBSD initiative</ulink>'s website.</para> - - <para>There are two versions of - <application>KDE</application> available on FreeBSD. - Version 3 has been around for a long time, and is still - available in the Ports Collection though it's now - unmaintained and partially broken. Version 4 is - punctually updated and is the default choice for - <application>KDE</application> users. They can even be - installed side by side.</para> </sect3> <sect3 id="x11-wm-kde-install"> @@ -1598,12 +1589,6 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree <para>Just as with <application>GNOME</application> or any other desktop environment, the software can be easily installed from a package or the Ports Collection:</para> - - <para>To install the <application>KDE 3</application> package - from the network, type:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde</userinput></screen> - <para>To install the <application>KDE 4</application> package from the network, type:</para> @@ -1612,29 +1597,30 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree <para>&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest version of the application.</para> - <para>To build <application>KDE 3</application> from source, - use the ports tree:</para> + <para>For <application>pkgng</application> users, the + equivalent command is:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install kde4</userinput></screen> - <para>To build <application>KDE 4</application> from source, + <para>To build <application>KDE</application> from source, use the ports tree:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> + <para>The first time the port is installed, a menu will be + shown for selecting options. Accepting the defaults is + recommended.</para> + + <para><application>KDE 4</application> is a large application, + and will take quite some time to compile even on a fast + computer.</para> + <para>After <application>KDE</application> has been installed, the X server must be told to launch this application instead of the default window manager. This is accomplished by editing the <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para> - <para>For <application>KDE 3</application>:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen> - - <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>:</para> - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen> <para>Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with @@ -1684,19 +1670,8 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree <application>GNOME</application>, or something else) to run after logging on.</para> - <para>To enable <application>KDM</application>, different - files need to be edited depending on the version of - <application>KDE</application>.</para> - - <para>For <application>KDE 3</application>, the - <literal>ttyv8</literal> entry in - <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> has to be adapted as - follows:</para> - - <programlisting>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure</programlisting> - - <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>, you have to mount - &man.procfs.5; and add the following line to + <para><application>KDE 4</application> requires that + &man.procfs.5; be mounted, and this line must be added to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> <programlisting>kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting>
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