From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 14:22:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE3D1065672 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:22:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F45F8FC1A for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:22:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so3901444fgb.35 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:22:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WkOO0kcsXE/K8Hql7/zw1/HSpNYa5KdRbE9F3Dc5SHs=; b=rAHRtSoNfAQZnLi9fB+Em6yvLBujt0TmMW+BGY+ew8vPjfRL94bUa9hy1KGYmyD4vk 3BdAJh5re1fKvQXW6o01mmOqt814cb6zcrj9aqI5AFh2SAaECR7LHtsTz/MbS/bRGBPw bAVBH3o0je23ZY2ogmE4I7XwZBf4bpM/sOheY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=llJDD4p/2POYys6dE3M9nkV+WoUiJmHcnp1wsjOWxgM38hygD96nT8bd4I2mRhbMHC DURZ6z4IPhk2sbOlYaqKiswwJOx9O5TxrvgLmy6g6J95lltpAamtY/sa6xKByzZ9qgd5 f3l5MbBdTe5dqiA+O1fFMjuJvoLdRBBQWkO+w= Received: by 10.86.52.6 with SMTP id z6mr2646547fgz.18.1217254970154; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org ( [85.72.121.175]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm3638672fgg.0.2008.07.28.07.22.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:22:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <488DD637.2080705@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:22:47 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080703) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: email References: <488DAE3C.1020807@guice.ath.cx> <488DBD97.2030305@gmail.com> <488DC0E6.4020008@guice.ath.cx> <488DC1D3.3060104@gmail.com> <488DD390.6080902@guice.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <488DD390.6080902@guice.ath.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INCOMPLETE or INCORRECT procedure posted in the FreeBSD Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:22:52 -0000 email wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> email wrote: >>> Manolis Kiagias wrote: >>>> email wrote: >>>>> 5.7.3.1 The KDE Display Manager >>>>> >>>>> Following the above causes problems. Please update or omit that >>>>> passage because it doesn't work as intended. Try it yourself on a >>>>> clean system and I think you'll agree. If the above FreeBSD >>>>> Handbook section has been corrected since 07/28/2008 07:31EDT. >>>>> then please disregard this. >>>> >>>> Are you sure about this? What kind of "problems"? I haven't used >>>> KDE in a while, but starting kdm from /etc/ttys has always been the >>>> standard method. In fact, you can start other login managers (i.e. >>>> slim) from there. If anyone else has compiled KDE recently, please >>>> report if kdm works as described. >>> following the above, step by step, does offer the kdm however after >>> loging in only the X server is started and you are unable to do >>> anything within the started environment. Following the above, on a >>> clean system will not start kde or gnome without further >>> configuration whereas kde/gnome will start using startx with the >>> correct entires in ~/.initrc. >>> >>> Going for breakfast BB in 30-mins >> >> I will try it on a test system later today, and if necessary I will >> create a patch for the handbook section. Thanks. > > I installed 6.3_RELEASE (ALL doc's, src, binaries EVERY-thing) from an > i386 iso thereafter using pkg_add -r to install kde3.5.8 and > gnome2.20.1. Nothing exotic was done/installed. <-- That's what I > mean when I say a clean install. I hope this helps. > All right - I am doing an installation from ports (default options) and will post results as soon as available. It will take some time. P.S. I've put the doc@ list back on this