Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 23:28:19 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop Message-ID: <4FC5AFF3.5080300@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <4FC59ED2.7090105@paz.bz> References: <4FC59ED2.7090105@paz.bz>
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On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrote: > 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. I don't know about the mouse dieing. I'm running 9.0 and I've seen that once or twice when first setting up X. You don't need to reboot. Do <alt><Fn> to switch to a different vty. Log in on that vty, do a ps to find the process you used to start kdm, (ps -ax | grep kdm) and kill -TERM that process. That should get you back to a regular prompt on the original vty. Do <alt><F1> to go back to that screen. Gary
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