From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 04:22:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0475F1065670 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fquest@paz.bz) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [207.34.147.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D478FC0A for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 100-236-53-209.qcislands.net ([209.53.236.100] helo=[192.168.1.6]) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.75) (envelope-from ) id 1SZaJV-000PAl-Fq; Tue, 29 May 2012 21:15:15 -0700 Message-ID: <4FC59ED2.7090105@paz.bz> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 21:15:14 -0700 From: Jim Pazarena User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-local_scan: locally submitted (100) Subject: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 04:22:45 -0000 I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system will not work as expected. when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) I get the expected login screen (however the mouse dies), and after I login, all I get is a small cli window in the top left corner. The mouse has gone dead, and the keyboard doesn't respond, altho there is a prompt in the cli window. All I can do at this point is hold the power button in to reboot. If I do not try running "kdm", the normal cli works 100%, the ethernet works, and the mouse always seems alive (altho in the cli the mouse is of no value). Suggestions would be very appreciated. -- Jim Pazarena fquest@paz.bz