From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 22 21:33:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0657DBE; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCBF624F2; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r7MLXrDt052340; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r7MLXrWs052339; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201308222133.r7MLXrWs052339@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:53 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:33:54 -0000 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 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: 0KDE, consult the KDE/FreeBSD initiative's website. - - There are two versions of - KDE 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 - KDE users. They can even be - installed side by side. @@ -1598,12 +1589,6 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0Just as with GNOME or any other desktop environment, the software can be easily installed from a package or the Ports Collection: - - To install the KDE 3 package - from the network, type: - - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r kde - To install the KDE 4 package from the network, type: @@ -1612,29 +1597,30 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest version of the application. - To build KDE 3 from source, - use the ports tree: + For pkgng users, the + equivalent command is: - &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 -&prompt.root; make install clean + &prompt.root; pkg install kde4 - To build KDE 4 from source, + To build KDE from source, use the ports tree: &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4 &prompt.root; make install clean + The first time the port is installed, a menu will be + shown for selecting options.  Accepting the defaults is + recommended. + + KDE 4 is a large application, + and will take quite some time to compile even on a fast + computer. + After KDE 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 .xinitrc file: - For KDE 3: - - &prompt.user; echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc - - For KDE 4: - &prompt.user; echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with @@ -1684,19 +1670,8 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0GNOME, or something else) to run after logging on. - To enable KDM, different - files need to be edited depending on the version of - KDE. - - For KDE 3, the - ttyv8 entry in - /etc/ttys has to be adapted as - follows: - - ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure - - For KDE 4, you have to mount - &man.procfs.5; and add the following line to + KDE 4 requires that + &man.procfs.5; be mounted, and this line must be added to /etc/rc.conf: kdm4_enable="YES"