Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:49:53 -0600 From: Kevin Greenidge <kevin@kaginginc.com> To: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: KDE for regular users Message-ID: <3A0BFD00.27695EBF@kaginginc.com> References: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011092334570.2751-100000@choplifter.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
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Thanks...... Adding an .xinitrc file and then typing {exec startkde} worked.
p.s. For future reference I installed KDE via the /stand/sysinstall command.
Tim McMillen wrote:
> I'm guessing that if you installed KDE in the normal way, you won't have
> to mess with permissions. Try editing the .xinitrc file to have only the
> line:
> startkde
>
> or create the file like that. Then when the user types startx it will
> start kde by default.
> If you'd rather leave fvwm as default, you can just type startkde
> to get into kde, leave the .xinitrc file alone and type startx to get
> fvwm.
> If you've already tried this let us know.
>
> Tim
>
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Kevin Greenidge wrote:
>
> > I installed KDE and fwvm on my FreeBSD 4.1.1 but only root can get into
> > KDE while my other users only get the default window manager and desktop
> > that isn't very nice to look at. Is there some kind of privileges I have
> > to enable somewhere?
> >
> >
> >
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