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Subject: RE: startup Kde??
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:35:05 -0500
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Jonathan,

Thanks for the quick answer.  This is exactly what I want my system to do.

1.  Boot to a graphical login screen prompting the user for their login
(from your answer, this would be a display manager)

2.  With a correct login, the system automatically runs KDE.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jonathan Fosburgh [SMTP:fosburgh@flash.net]
> Sent:	Friday, 21 July, 2000 1130
> To:	Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: startup Kde??
> 
> ----- 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?
> 


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