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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:25:46 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
Cc:        lawrence.hy.cheung@philips.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KDE or other wm setup please?
Message-ID:  <38E2BB2A.CE88884B@3-cities.com>
References:  <0056920005349180000002L202*@MHS> <20000329164724.A12517@athena.sea.tera.com>

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Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 08:35:36AM +0800, lawrence.hy.cheung@philips.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Very simple,
> >
> > 1) Install KDE from ports
> >
> >       # cd /usr/ports/x11/kde
> >       # make
> >       # make install
> >
> > 2) Edit your .xsession point to kde
> >
> >       # vi ~/.xsession
> >
> >       [ Replace the ctwm line with following statement ]
> >
> >               /usr/local/bin/startkde
> >
> > 3) To replace xdm with kdm
> >
> >       # su root
> >       # vi /etc/tty
> >
> >       [ Replace the path of xdm with the path of kdm ]
> >
> 
>         I typically exec xdm as root rather than have the line
>         in /etc/ttys, so I'm assuming that the same tactic will
>         work with kdm....

I use startx instead. That works my way just fine. I also like KDE and
just figured out how to make kscd play an audio CDROM.

Kent

> 
>         thanks much,
> 
>         gary
> 
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