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Date:      Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:50:23 +0100
From:      Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-questions@webteckies.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: KDE on 5.2-Release
Message-ID:  <200402020050.23412.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org>
In-Reply-To: <401C51E2.1060902@rogers.com>
References:  <401C51E2.1060902@rogers.com>

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On Sunday 01 February 2004 02:09, mj001 wrote:

> I downloaded and installed 5.2-RELEASE.  KDE comes up with its
> blue background, shows the login dialog, apparently accepts
> the login, but then hangs.  The central splash-screen image
> never appears.
>
> Any similar experience, suggestions of how to diagnose the
> problem, please? Anything else I can post that would help?

I suppose you're using kdm. Disable it, then create an .xinitrc, with like =
so:
echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/startkde' > ~/.xinitrc

then type 'startx'.

WARNING: Backup your files when needed and if you fear losing settings,=20
consider setting up a virgin user account first.

If this works properly, this narrows down the problem to kdm. If it doesn't=
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then CTRL-ALT_BACKSPACE to stop X and KDE and start x via:
nohup startx

Exit the same way when it hangs and examine nohup.out for errors and odditi=
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Melvyn

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