Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:49:44 -0500 From: "Tony Johnson" <gjohnson@gs.verio.net> To: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil>, <fosburgh@flash.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: startup Kde?? Message-ID: <007801bff333$ac0ce0b0$4a7c01cc@gs.verio.net> References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107616@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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edit your tty's and enable tty8. (Could be tty7 but it the one that spawns xdm) cd ~ vi .xsession add exec startkde as last line Try this. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil> To: <fosburgh@flash.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:35 AM Subject: RE: startup Kde?? > 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? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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