From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 06:11:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F47E106564A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:11:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6282B8FC18 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:11:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so424946qwb.7 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:11:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OBjij5DvIS+4fSy6zefbMgKOokiCjqPHsPlVBmnHt0E=; b=MEyEnpcbfYDjMHlpPTMOrJCczm/2DayNlTsFe3guFOzWQz2p7v3QaElOo+JZIJDgIl P/VUH5LMzJAbJ/PQLXDnmMQd9DCtc5NRiMJlZAG1JHeHhk3kH9BvLavXjT1AOcrXtOOb bCDKCSzaf6yks5Uzz7kz2fwF3nDfZSkGqeWj0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=iB/8E2YQvG4mmJIUxmsKTspOOLmRF8Y4ZhvBYSWzTC51uYlzo/qlYv8ZdTYFK16L8T NA1Ub2LuvoKHDTW1F8X6RgnKm2OHhJZJC+hkFQ21UkU/rAqcKMB7anAY/2FYWo5GYRcm qmFbPHKL/zG3SMm9V8KQlTkd//UflNfPxuWG0= Received: by 10.215.66.19 with SMTP id t19mr1432924qak.22.1217311867296; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.26.16 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <61eeef060807282311o4347354ajf430de0867694b89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:11:07 +0300 From: "Manolis Kiagias" To: email In-Reply-To: <488DD637.2080705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <488DAE3C.1020807@guice.ath.cx> <488DBD97.2030305@gmail.com> <488DC0E6.4020008@guice.ath.cx> <488DC1D3.3060104@gmail.com> <488DD390.6080902@guice.ath.cx> <488DD637.2080705@gmail.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INCOMPLETE or INCORRECT procedure posted in the FreeBSD Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:11:08 -0000 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > email wrote: >> >> Manolis Kiagias wrote: >>> >>> email wrote: >>>> >>>> Manolis Kiagias wrote: >>>>> >>>>> email wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 5.7.3.1 The KDE Display Manager >>>>>> >>>>>> Following the above causes problems. Please update or omit that >>>>>> passage because it doesn't work as intended. Try it yourself on a clean >>>>>> system and I think you'll agree. If the above FreeBSD Handbook section has >>>>>> been corrected since 07/28/2008 07:31EDT. then please disregard this. >>>>> >>>>> Are you sure about this? What kind of "problems"? I haven't used KDE in >>>>> a while, but starting kdm from /etc/ttys has always been the standard >>>>> method. In fact, you can start other login managers (i.e. slim) from there. >>>>> If anyone else has compiled KDE recently, please report if kdm works as >>>>> described. >>>> >>>> following the above, step by step, does offer the kdm however after >>>> loging in only the X server is started and you are unable to do anything >>>> within the started environment. Following the above, on a clean system will >>>> not start kde or gnome without further configuration whereas kde/gnome will >>>> start using startx with the correct entires in ~/.initrc. >>>> >>>> Going for breakfast BB in 30-mins >>> >>> I will try it on a test system later today, and if necessary I will >>> create a patch for the handbook section. Thanks. >> >> I installed 6.3_RELEASE (ALL doc's, src, binaries EVERY-thing) from an >> i386 iso thereafter using pkg_add -r to install kde3.5.8 and gnome2.20.1. >> Nothing exotic was done/installed. <-- That's what I mean when I say a >> clean install. I hope this helps. >> > All right - I am doing an installation from ports (default options) and will > post results as soon as available. It will take some time. > > P.S. I've put the doc@ list back on this > Having compiled xorg and KDE from ports, I am unable to recreate your problem. After modifying the line in /etc/ttys and kill -HUP 1, I get KDM and after login (without changing anything else from KDM Menu) I get a fully functional KDE desktop. Are you sure you haven't missed anything else in your process? In particular (although not strictly necessary), have you created an xorg.conf per Handbook's instructions?