Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:33:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: thanos trompoukis <atr0x23@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with startx..! Message-ID: <20090729173305.a9e0f458.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <d4a469990907290824j1c33df86u5a74d4a220135d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <d4a469990907280654p3243160bu59b0a67d40c620ca@mail.gmail.com> <4463dcg86r.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <d4a469990907281040k98bdd00l8cf5919facffc515@mail.gmail.com> <441vo0o9ap.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <d4a469990907281426x20a5934atef715b8c54bd7be4@mail.gmail.com> <44ocr3a8zq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <d4a469990907290824j1c33df86u5a74d4a220135d0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:24:14 +0300, thanos trompoukis <atr0x23@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems to be like an other desktop environment very simple. > Now when I try startx I can see the same background I could see before > but now there are 3 windows (x-term) like the console window on KDE 3.5 This is twm. It's a window manager displaying three xterms. It's not a desktop environment. > Why KDE not starts? Because... maybe you're missing the correct startup files. X display managers (xdm, kdm, gdm) and the startx command behave a bit differently. The easiest way to be able to use *any* method of starting is to have the following files in your home directory: 1. ~/.xsession #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc 1. ~/.xinitrc #!/bin/sh [ -f ~/.xmodmaprc ] && xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc # ... your further startup commands here, e. g. xsetroot -solid rgb:3b/4c/7a xset b 100 1000 15 & xset r rate 250 30 & xset s off & xset -dpms & # this starts your desired window manager / DE exec startkde Refer to the KDE documentation about what's the correct name to start KDE. I think it's "startkde", but I may be wrong because I am not using KDE, so it's honestly just a guess. Make sure that both files are +x attributes. % chmod +x .xinitrc .xsession -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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