Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:06:32 -0600 From: "YODER,ANDREW (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)" <andrew_yoder@non.hp.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kdm on freeBSD 4 release Message-ID: <A2279B1A6841D311A49300A0C9DF046B0897E0AA@xboi03.boi.hp.com>
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Hello, I'm a new freebsd/unix user and I've run into problems setting up kdm. I first setup X, then I got xdm to start automatically when my system boots up. I lastly got KDE to work. So right now I can use xdm to log in and get KDE. But I would like to use kdm instead of xdm. I've searched through the email archives on both this site and K's website, and found a lot of information, but as of now it still cannot get it working. I'd like to list what errors I see, and then list all the steps I've taken so far, and see if anyone can help me out. When I try to load kdm, I get the following msgs: (I'm typing these out from hand because I'm at work and don't have log files) /kernal: pid 219 (kdm), uid 0: exited on signal 11(core dumped) kdm[215]: unknown session exit code 35584 from process 219 kdm[215]: unknown session exit code 35584 from process 219 kdm[215]: unknown session exit code 35584 from process 219 As I kept working on this problem, I eventually got it to where I no longer got the core dump error, but I did see this error: kdm[181]: unknown session exit code 35584 from process 199 Here are the steps I have taken to get kdm to work. Remember I got KDE and xdm working correctly already: 1. added: ( echo -n "kdm"; /usr/local/bin/kdm ) to rc.local (w/out parenthesis) 2. creaded .xession file (as I said KDE works already) 3. /etc/ttys includes the line: ( ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure ) so I changed this from xdm to kdm but left everything else the same. 4. in xdm-config I commented out the following line: ( DisplayManager.requestport: 0) as instructed --- is there a kdm-config file? 5. I also followed instruction I found in the email archives for how to setup kdm - created the directory structure /usr/local/config/kdm/authdir - in the above dir, created Xsetup with the line "kdmdesktop" - created a link file Xsession in / (I also put it in /root becuase I was not sure where it went) These are all the things I have tried..... when I boot up the system, the screen briefly goes to the blue colored background I have on the KDE desktop, and I can see a kconsole at the bottom right of the screen, but then the program exits back to the command line -- now when I boot up I don't see any error msgs, it just goes back to the command line login, but if I log in and try to run kdm, I get the error msgs listed above. This is a super challenging problem for me, and I need help from experts. I was proud of myself that I was able to setup xdm, because I had been getting many errors with that, but I think I need a lot of help with this one. I heard at one point that the answer might be with downloading and recompiling kdm, but that is really beyond me... if that is what I have to do, could I have some instruction on how to do that, or could you point me to some resources on the web where I can learn how to do that? Please, send all responses to: andrew_yoder@nonhp-am.exch.hp.com AND mister_pink@netzero.com Thank you very much for all your help! Andrew Yoder To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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