Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:45:46 -0500 From: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> To: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: startup Kde?? Message-ID: <02ac01bff333$1e3bcb20$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu> References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107616@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil> To: <fosburgh@flash.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:35 AM Subject: RE: startup Kde?? > Jonathan, > > Thanks for the quick answer. This is exactly what I want my system to do. > > 1. Boot to a graphical login screen prompting the user for their login > (from your answer, this would be a display manager) > > 2. With a correct login, the system automatically runs KDE. > > Mark > OK, you will have to install a display manager. The one that comes with XFree86 is installed as /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm. You should be able to find documentation from XFree86 on how to set it up (it has been so long since I did it I can't remember what all needs to be done.) The KDE display manager is installed as /usr/local/bin/kdm. It will have similar configuration needs to xdm. The KDE HelpCenter has instructions for how to set this up, as well. In either even, the user will need to have a .xsession file with the line exec startkde in it somewhere in order to run KDE. The kdm has a feature that is supposed to let you select a desktop from a pre-configured list, but I have never looked into how to use it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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