From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 17:08:21 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 E28C016A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:08:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F5DD43D2F for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:08:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA2369A39; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:07:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:07:48 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Brett Wiggins Message-Id: <20040618130748.332ef7c5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <15605160f8.160f815605@mail2.monash.edu.au> References: <15605160f8.160f815605@mail2.monash.edu.au> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more kdm questions 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 17:08:22 -0000 Brett Wiggins wrote: > > Did you set the hostname ? > > > > > This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the > hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. Set the hostname for the machine. For temporary (and testing) you can use the "hostname" command from a shell prompt. To get it set for good, add a line like: hostname="my.host.name" in /etc/rc.conf Make sure that the name you choose is either in DNS, or you enter a matching record in /etc/hosts. Otherwise, you'll have problems with applications running slowly, or not starting at all because they try to verify the hostname. > > Thanks again > > Brett > > >> hello (again), > >> I am still having some problems with kdm, I have > >> searched > >> (again) the archives and the handbook. Below are the steps I took, > >> files I edited during setup. After I 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com