From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 2 23:13:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F75106566B for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com) Received: from web52906.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web52906.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.49.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F19838FC12 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:13:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 66552 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Jul 2010 23:13:22 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1278112402; bh=lLlz1GQvEgIEzsrrEq1+qHfbbsmNLueRgvjvsqISIvY=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=5pMRV4g4mu6BFUIUgpckHzDrGtn648AszFbd7yuq4Q44RC0VoUMLqQqnhZ3KILJ/Wf8dsBgdDJrDsVF1M5XeTVd7zkQ1grWU4D/5uYZU/1S6YBkozvFk+NyCH10qL5ZlhNXvZCfIg4TbWVmahU8H3NOtG2t/6aUrCDtmP8Pb3Zw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=aWr6j+fqy00YmuApZ2ONktifvJc4suASrHw4Lr837F7zjNBETms1eXM/Pv0B3QLoe3nAspHSZBzCS0BpKB+TciXU+1foYTkNKkTZZHwzR1VFGKPMH7kSHqGVrRqIP7xnUYkijqgFC88Hdc9SSdAXKwqyc8j4RXwiHXx2dXd9Y/E=; Message-ID: <780546.56887.qm@web52906.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: oWNCGrcVM1m7JgXVLQuYDL2cPhT7D5VQmnPKy3EM6_J42xS D4BU_6Q83uuMzg165F3UwQODOq2BH.JkVZEE7kwEoRm3KKXui0z8QyUoC8Dc NqUM85c_XerNACMAj81I6p0KBsRbrHBWDFUxtPlaUX.t14uVPhkE7CAG3JJc CC5wSNRuQZ6F6K7xBsCTsHkCpFcIxdi61e2mCkPwZuK9qkv13s2RqpfTX1uO zjbxK7fpy34S8WX8GwR5Egz2VT0sUII6bKbgEAAQxRyP.Nku.n93W28SR0IJ eDVehWQwj860t_saGOBeWRyZGk68b22VVKzuI_M5.DQQjdY3ENJcWsMWO Received: from [206.190.77.154] by web52906.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:13:22 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.1.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.104.274457 Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:13:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Stankevitz To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20100703002639.49f35b55.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: KDE post-install steps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:13:26 -0000 --- On Fri, 7/2/10, Polytropon wrote: > I think KDE also relies on DBUS and HAL Ok > and activating the KDE login manager > for X (kdm) requires an entry in /etc/ttys similar to the > one that is suggested for Gnome; GNOME installation docs suggest adding gnome_enable="YES" to rc.conf. There is no suggestion regarding /etc/ttys. > (I think it is the correct name, or "startkde4" maybe) Ok With respect from someone who wants to "get it right" and "not be dependent on the mailing list", I have a question: The KDE installation page make does not describe: - rc.conf entries, if any - tty settings, if any - KDM start procedures, if any - the name of the .xinitrc command to start KDE, if any Does this mean: a) KDE setup is obvious and I am dumb for not knowing b) I didn't read the man page well enough c) KDE is meant for power users, I should stick with GNOME. d) [your idea here] > And a general note: The "Step 2" does not belong to the > installation, > it already belongs to configuration (i. e. enabling the > just installed > piece of software). I see. Maybe e) I'm looking in the wrong place. Read the docs on "KDE configuration" not "KDE installation". Thank you all for helping me these last few days, Chris