Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:41:42 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kde troubles.... Message-ID: <1219020103.4994.21.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20080818020238.1a7a8013.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20080817220431.GA1187@thought.org> <20080818001426.0fb09ff7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080817233006.GC3376@thought.org> <20080818020238.1a7a8013.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 02:02 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:30:07 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:14:26AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > Maybe removing this PID file and retrying to start kdm > > > should solve the problem? It is possible that kdm refuses > > > to start while this file is present (and kdm is guessing > > > that another kdm instance is running already). > > > > > > danke, uber nien.[1] > > [1] how fractured is that!? > > I thinks it's "danke, aber nein". > > > > > if you see my reply to Mike Power, that's a no-go. > > The PID file should not be empty, it should contain the PID of > kdm as text. > > Another problem seems to be that the kdm from KDE 4 does need > a different configuration file than KDE 3... maybe you can > remove / rename version 3 of the file and see if there are > any defaults for version 4, eventually generated automatically? > > > > > I tried to get KDE up hours ago, but after failing, thought I'd > > try building kde4, ja? nope. > > Eventually testing xdm instead of kdm - just to see if this one > is working - would be a first step. > > I'm no KDE user, so I'm sorry I can't help any more. > > > > > that bombed somewhere while I was > > getting stuff done on my ubuntu desktop. > > If you use precompiled packages, there should not be a problem. > If you're interested in a preconfigured and working KDE and you > don't mind that it's KDE 3 on a FreeBSD 6 system, why not try > PC-BSD or DesktopBSD? > > > > > ever have the urge to put your fist thru the CRT? (*********) > > Yes, since I need to use FreeBSD 7 after an accident destroying all > my data where fsck cannot help anymore, and FreeBSD 7 and it's > software does not behave the way I think it should... :-( > i know the feeling. xdm works very well, but only tried logging in as root. missing .xsession and .ctwmrc that i used more many, Many years. i'll tell you, after using FBSD since 2.0.5, i'm ready to give omething prepackaged a try. To the LIST: I found my missing .xinitrc. but now my .xsession file is gone. ..... going to reboot after rm'ing kdm.pid. . >
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