From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 05:53:39 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 B677016A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:53:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpo02.icare.priv (unknown [203.78.64.148]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0ACA43D1D for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:53:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from satimis@icare.com.hk) Received: from smtpi01.icare.priv ([10.11.12.46]) by smtpo02.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:51:20 +0800 Received: from icare.com.hk ([203.88.168.18]) by smtpi01.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:51:20 +0800 Message-ID: <403B56D2.8090205@icare.com.hk> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:51:14 +0800 From: Stephen Liu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040122 Debian/1.6-1 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4038CEEE.3090000@icare.com.hk> <20040222113315.5d757673.mj001@rogers.com> <40397828.60801@icare.com.hk> <20040223073159.55850582.mj001@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <20040223073159.55850582.mj001@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Feb 2004 13:51:20.0742 (UTC) FILETIME=[487DB460:01C3FADD] Subject: Re: Fail to start KDE 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: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:53:39 -0000 >>- snip - >> >> >>2) >>After starting 3 'Xterm windows' I can start KDE 3.1 from any one of the >>'Xterm window' with; >> >># startkde >> >>It worked with KDE started. >> >> >>3) On INIT 3/text mode I can login either as 'root' or as 'user' with >>correct password without problem >> >> > >I haven't used xdm in ttys for a long time, and suspect this is an >obsolete method. If you enter "kdm &" at a root prompt, kdm should >start. > Hi Mike, Tks for your advice which works. What is '&' for >I don't see why you shouldn't put it into /usr/local/etc/rc.d >to make it work on startup, and I am pretty sure I used to run it >that way. > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d is a directory. Whether you recommend to create a file with only a single line :- 'Kdm &' (without quote) on it and save it to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ Shall I 'chmod 775' the file created? Files in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ directory have an extension '.h'. Shall I name the file as xxx.h? TIA B.R. Stephen