Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:48:03 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: problem with startx..! Message-ID: <20090729194803.8742e0bc.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <d4a469990907290904w512e65fen4fe4eae927a453f6@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> <20090729173305.a9e0f458.freebsd@edvax.de> <d4a469990907290904w512e65fen4fe4eae927a453f6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:04:23 +0300, thanos trompoukis <atr0x23@gmail.com> wrote:
> The .xinitrc exists and contains this: startkde
This should be okay for the "startx" command, but display managers
such as xdm and kdm aren't interested in it.
> The .xsession does not exists.
This file is needed for display managers.
> What am I suppose to do now?
> I have no Idea.
It's quite easy. Create or modify so you have this:
1. ~/.xsession
#!/bin/csh
source ~/.cshrc
exec ~/.xinitrc
This assumes that your shell is the C shell, FreeBSD's standard
dialog shell. This file is used by the display managers, such as
xdm. It sources your user's C shell settings from .cshrc so you
have these settings in X when, for example, you're starting an X
terminal. Then it continues running as .xinitrc ("exec" statement).
2. ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
exec startkde
This file is used when giving the "startx" command from the text
mode console or executed after login by a display manager, such
as xdm. It continues running as the "startkde" command, which is
supposed to launch your KDE session.
After creating the files, run
% chmod +x .xinitrc .xsession
Now you can
% startx
to start X and KDE, or use xdm or kdm - no matter which solution
you use, the config files are prepared to cope with both situations.
--
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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