Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:29:44 -0500 From: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> To: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: startup Kde?? Message-ID: <028d01bff330$e34df4e0$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu> References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107615@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: RE: startup Kde?? > I've followed these instructions and yet, my system is still not working. I > still need to type startx to get KDE up. Any ideas? I've read the handbook, > but was unable to find any specific instructions on how to setup my system > to automatically load KDE on bootup. > > Mark > No matter what system you use (although there is some stuff going on at Red Hat that may change this), you have to type startx in order to run KDE or GNOME or whatever, unless you are using a display manager to manage your desktop logins. But even if you use kdm (KDE's desktop manager) you still have to have an exec startkde line, or something to that effect, in your .xsession file. So what exactly are you wanting to do? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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