Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:45:45 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: Brett Wiggins <bawig1@student.monash.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kdm and startkde Message-ID: <40D5F779.2060205@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <ae7910830.10830ae79@mail2.monash.edu.au> References: <ae7910830.10830ae79@mail2.monash.edu.au>
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Brett Wiggins wrote: >hello, > I am having some problems with startkde and kdm. When I run >startkde i get the following outpit; > > xset: unable to open dispaly "" > xsetroot: unable to open display '' > startkde: starting up... > ksplash cannot connect to X server > kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set > Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory > ksmserver : cannot connect to X server > startkde: shutting down > Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory > Error : Can't contact kdeinit! > startkde: Running shutdown scripts > startkde: done > >When I run startx kde runs fine. > > I thinks it's because startx launches X before it starts startkde, and startkde only attempts to launch KDE, which isn't going to work if there is no X server running. > > When I edit /etc/ttys to enable a graphical login, kdm runs but >nothing happens when I log in. The login screen is just reloaded. Any >help would be great. > > > What about XDM? Is that working? Is your /var/log/XFree86 giving you any useful output? (connection refused or something?) Cheers, Jorn
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