From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 12 10:54:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA26198 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:54:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles152.castles.com [208.214.165.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA26193 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:54:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA00484; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809121800.LAA00484@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Don O'Neil" cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE & XDM (auto start of KDE) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Sep 1998 00:28:37 PDT." <000001bdde1e$f5363ec0$0200010a@digerati.whtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:00:10 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I can configure XDM to startup automatically, taking control of the console > (setup in /etc/ttys as per XFree's instructions), and sucessfully launch a > window manager such as twm, or any other one. No problem... However, as soon > as I change the window manager in the Xsession file to be KDE (startkde, > kwm, ANYTHING with KDE) XDM doesn't launch it, rather it goes back to the > login screen. There isn't anything I can do to get it out of this nasty > loop, exept to log in, comment out the ttys entry and reboot. Read the .xsession-errors file in your home directory. Odds are your path is incomplete. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message