From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 22 19:49:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE2316A4CE for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:49:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from popimap01.icare.priv (unknown [203.78.64.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E4A943D1D for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:49:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from satimis@icare.com.hk) Received: from smtpi01.icare.priv ([10.11.12.46]) by popimap01.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:49:02 +0800 Received: from icare.com.hk ([203.88.164.120]) by smtpi01.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:49:02 +0800 Message-ID: <40397828.60801@icare.com.hk> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:48:56 +0800 From: Stephen Liu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040122 Debian/1.6-1 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Jeays References: <4038CEEE.3090000@icare.com.hk> <20040222113315.5d757673.mj001@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <20040222113315.5d757673.mj001@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2004 03:49:02.0431 (UTC) FILETIME=[F9F74EF0:01C3F9BF] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fail to start KDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 03:49:04 -0000 Mike Jeays wrote: >>Version 5.2 >>new installation >> >>- snip - >> >> > >Create a file .xinitrc in the home directory, containing the single >line 'startkde &' (without the quotes). Then try startx again. > Hi Mike, Tks for your advice. Sorry I forgot to mention in my previous posting; 1) KDE could not start if editing /etc/ttys as; ..... ttyv8 "user/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure ..... ... # startkde (on INIT 3/text mode) ... Kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server. (continue to run on screen) I suspect whether it was caused by failure on login. Because after booting, the 'Welcom to the XFree86 Project Inc' GUI login popup. I can keyin either as 'root' or as 'username' but can't keyin password. I just typed in password and hit the GUI login screen popup again without mentioning anything. The X window started with a small Xterm window appearing on the screen, mouse working but I could not type on it. I tried many times without a solution. If changing 'xdm' to 'kdm' on the abovementioned line 'ttyv8.....', GUI login failed to start. # startx (on INIT 3) started 3 'Xterm windows' 2) After starting 3 'Xterm windows' I can start KDE 3.1 from any one of the 'Xterm window' with; # startkde It worked with KDE started. 3) On INIT 3/text mode I can login either as 'root' or as 'user' with correct password without problem Kindly advise how to fix the problem. TIA B.R. Stephen