From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 07:11:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 50F4616A407 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D23413C442 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-65-69-140-8.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.69.140.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44F40114307; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:32:41 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:36:50 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: bobmc , FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <459B4322.5030501@bobmc.net> References: <459B4322.5030501@bobmc.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.7b1 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========4BB0700DF8A886E1693D==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: starting KDE after install .. -not- 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, 03 Jan 2007 07:11:46 -0000 --==========4BB0700DF8A886E1693D========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On January 3, 2007 12:46:10 AM -0500 bobmc wrote: > After KDE is installed, "startx" still launches the twm default > X manager. Diligent RTFM only tells me it should work once the > Xserver is configured for the video hardware and monitor. > > WindowMaker provides a pleasant GUI once I create a $HOME/.xinitrc > file. Firefox and Thunderbird work fine. However, nowhere can I find > instructions for the complete integration of KDE and I am missing the > use of K3b and other useful apps included with KDE. -Bob- > Try this. Edit /etc/ttys thus: ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure >From the Handbook. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========4BB0700DF8A886E1693D==========--