From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 15 19:23:26 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 6A547D3F8F9 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1857284 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:23:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [2.247.254.191] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1czTHu-0003Yf-JU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:23:14 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r314251 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id v3FJNBVX002160 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:23:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id v3FJNA3F002159 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:23:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 21:23:09 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to start KDE (plasma 5) desktop with GDM ? Message-ID: <20170415192309.GA2118@c720-r314251> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20170415211018.0baf70a5.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20170415211018.0baf70a5.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT r314251 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.0 (2017-02-23) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 2.247.254.191 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 19:23:26 -0000 El día sábado, abril 15, 2017 a las 09:10:18p. m. +0200, Polytropon escribió: > 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. ;-) > For *many* years now I always do login on the normal console and run 'startx' to bring up KDE. matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045 Aus "Nie wieder Krieg!" wurde "Nie wieder Krieg ohne Deutschlands Truppen" The "No wars anymore!" changed now to "No wars anymore without German battle groups!" El "¡Nunca jamás guerra!" ha cambiado a "¡Nunca jamás guerra sin tropas alemanas!"