From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 06:01:24 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 28DEC16A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:01:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ALPHA6.ITS.MONASH.EDU.AU (alpha6.its.monash.edu.au [130.194.1.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADB543D41 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:01:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bawig1@student.monash.edu) Received: from localhost ([130.194.13.88]) by vaxc.its.monash.edu.au (PMDF V6.1 #39306) with ESMTP id <01LBG5D4RX728X0IF0@vaxc.its.monash.edu.au> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:17 +1000 Received: from moe.its.monash.edu.au (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E6AAB545; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail2.monash.edu.aumoe.its.monash.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E5104FB0D; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:16 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:16 +1000 From: Brett Wiggins To: ecrist@secure-computing.net Message-id: <1333814462.1446213338@mail2.monash.edu.au> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Netscape Webmail Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_S7WoItQH9OB2+ZmBhfCUUA)" Content-language: en X-Accept-Language: en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startkde 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: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:01:24 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_S7WoItQH9OB2+ZmBhfCUUA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline hello Eric, After installed the X window system and KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains; exec startkde after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE. I then setup KDM by editing the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I added the following to the file; case $# in 1) case $1 in kde) exec /usr/local/bin/startkde ;; failsafe) exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0 ;; esac esac Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0; /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at the login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any please let me know. Thanks again Brett --Boundary_(ID_S7WoItQH9OB2+ZmBhfCUUA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline On Thursday 17 June 2004 23:36, Brett Wiggins wrote: > hello, > I am having some problems with startkde. I have looked through > the mailing list archive and the handbook and am still stuck. I set up > my machine to run KDE as per the handbook chapter on the X window > system. When I type startx KDE runs fine, when I type startkde I get > the following output; Brett, startkde isn't working, because X11 has not be started yet, so there are no sessions for it to connect to. This is, iirc, the normal behavior. Generally, people could start a generic x session and run startkde from an xterm in that session. Having an "exec startkde" in your .xinitrc file just basically does this for you. As far as your other problem, we'd need more information about your setup. What did you do/not do to get kdm working. Give us the info and we should be able to help you. -- Eric F Crist Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry, and the world WILL turn. --Boundary_(ID_S7WoItQH9OB2+ZmBhfCUUA)--