Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop Message-ID: <CADV=szWZM0_nL-WO0YQjUWSywDtHSCunNnzLCBhbFP56sraEgg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FC5AFF3.5080300@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FC59ED2.7090105@paz.bz> <4FC5AFF3.5080300@dreamchaser.org>
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On May 29, 2012 10:28 PM, "Gary Aitken" <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > > On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. > > > > I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system > > will not work as expected. > > > > when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) > > I get the expected login screen (however the mouse dies), and after I login, > > all I get is a small cli window in the top left corner. The mouse has gone > > dead, and the keyboard doesn't respond, altho there is a prompt in the cli > > window. > > > > All I can do at this point is hold the power button in to reboot. > > If I do not try running "kdm", the normal cli works 100%, the ethernet works, > > and the mouse always seems alive (altho in the cli the mouse is of no value). > > > > Suggestions would be very appreciated. > > I don't know about the mouse dieing. I'm running 9.0 and I've seen that once or twice when first setting up X. You don't need to reboot. Do <alt><Fn> to switch to a different vty. Log in on that vty, do a ps to find the process you used to start kdm, (ps -ax | grep kdm) and kill -TERM that process. That should get you back to a regular prompt on the original vty. Do <alt><F1> to go back to that screen. > > Gary Ctr-alt-shift-backspace has also killed many a stuck x session.
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