From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 17 13:10:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0CF528B for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (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 BF0632790 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r7HDA05i033570 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r7HDA0m4033556; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201308171310.r7HDA0m4033556@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Hendrik Lugtenburg 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 2D90A152 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:05:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org (oldred.freebsd.org [8.8.178.121]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B0DE2766 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:05:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r7HD5cW4052129 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:05:38 GMT (envelope-from nobody@oldred.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r7HD5cAa052124; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:05:38 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201308171305.r7HD5cAa052124@oldred.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:05:38 GMT From: Hendrik Lugtenburg To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: docs/181353: [handbook] Remove KDE3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:10:00 -0000 >Number: 181353 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [handbook] Remove KDE3 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 17 13:10:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hendrik Lugtenburg >Release: 9 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: As KDE 3 is removed from ports (see ports/UPDATING 20130726) I have taken the liberty to wipe it out of the X11 section in the handbook. By the way, this is my first contribution to docs, so I hope you'll forgive me if I did something wrong. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: Index: books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml (revision 42558) +++ books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -1581,15 +1581,6 @@ KDE, 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. @@ -1599,30 +1590,23 @@ 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: - &prompt.root; pkg_add -r kde4 &man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest version of the application. + Or if you use pkgng: + + &prompt.root; pkg install kde4 - To build KDE 3 from source, + To build KDE from source, use the ports tree: - &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 -&prompt.root; make install clean - - To build KDE 4 from source, - use the ports tree: - &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4 &prompt.root; make install clean + This will pop up a curses based menu that let you choose + which modules to install. Note that it is a very large port + and will take quite some time to compile. + After KDE has been installed, the X server must be told to launch this application @@ -1629,12 +1613,6 @@ 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 @@ -1684,18 +1662,7 @@ GNOME, 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 + For KDE 4, you have to mount &man.procfs.5; and add the following line to /etc/rc.conf: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: