From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 15 19:10:29 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F77FD3FEB0 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:10:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay12.qsc.de (mailrelay12.qsc.de [212.99.163.153]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 140A421C for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay12.qsc.de; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:10:19 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-127-117.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.127.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F0B13CBF9; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:10:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v3FJAIJC002020; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:10:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:10:18 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How to start KDE (plasma 5) desktop with GDM ? Message-Id: <20170415211018.0baf70a5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay12.qsc.de with 893AA6A4565 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1142 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:10:29 -0000 On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:24:01 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > Since KDE5 does not have its own display manager yet, is it possible to > get gdm (the display manager already in use) to start KDE instead of > Gnome. I have gdm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. My experiences with gdm (and Gnome in general for that case) are quite bad: It seems you cannot start anything but Gnome with gdm, and it does totally ignore .xinitrc and .xsession, forcing you to get your "autostart" programs configured manually from within the Gnome session. Why not temporarily use xdm? It uses .xsession (or .xinitrc, if you add an "execution cascade") where you can put the correct command line to start KDE 5. For testing, it's also possible to use ye olde "startx" command (uses .xinitrc). I didn't investigate the gdm issue any further, because I tend to abandon software that heavily disappoints me. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...