From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 00:42:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF591065676 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:42:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9228FC0A for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:42:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethos.thought.org (ethos.thought.org [10.47.0.180]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7I0frSE004526; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:41:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20080818020238.1a7a8013.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20080817220431.GA1187@thought.org> <20080818001426.0fb09ff7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080817233006.GC3376@thought.org> <20080818020238.1a7a8013.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:41:42 -0700 Message-Id: <1219020103.4994.21.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: kde troubles.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:42:03 -0000 On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 02:02 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:30:07 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:14:26AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > Maybe removing this PID file and retrying to start kdm > > > should solve the problem? It is possible that kdm refuses > > > to start while this file is present (and kdm is guessing > > > that another kdm instance is running already). > > > > > > danke, uber nien.[1] > > [1] how fractured is that!? > > I thinks it's "danke, aber nein". > > > > > if you see my reply to Mike Power, that's a no-go. > > The PID file should not be empty, it should contain the PID of > kdm as text. > > Another problem seems to be that the kdm from KDE 4 does need > a different configuration file than KDE 3... maybe you can > remove / rename version 3 of the file and see if there are > any defaults for version 4, eventually generated automatically? > > > > > I tried to get KDE up hours ago, but after failing, thought I'd > > try building kde4, ja? nope. > > Eventually testing xdm instead of kdm - just to see if this one > is working - would be a first step. > > I'm no KDE user, so I'm sorry I can't help any more. > > > > > that bombed somewhere while I was > > getting stuff done on my ubuntu desktop. > > If you use precompiled packages, there should not be a problem. > If you're interested in a preconfigured and working KDE and you > don't mind that it's KDE 3 on a FreeBSD 6 system, why not try > PC-BSD or DesktopBSD? > > > > > ever have the urge to put your fist thru the CRT? (*********) > > Yes, since I need to use FreeBSD 7 after an accident destroying all > my data where fsck cannot help anymore, and FreeBSD 7 and it's > software does not behave the way I think it should... :-( > i know the feeling. xdm works very well, but only tried logging in as root. missing .xsession and .ctwmrc that i used more many, Many years. i'll tell you, after using FBSD since 2.0.5, i'm ready to give omething prepackaged a try. To the LIST: I found my missing .xinitrc. but now my .xsession file is gone. ..... going to reboot after rm'ing kdm.pid. . >