From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 24 23:28:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9DB716A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:28:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rader.servnow.com (rader.servnow.com [69.93.129.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8687343D53 for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:28:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikes@siralan.org) Received: from 12-210-221-89.client.insightbb.com ([12.210.221.89] helo=familysquires.net) by rader.servnow.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1ChyrQ-0000XS-AC; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:28:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:28:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael L. Squires" X-X-Sender: mikes@familysquires.net To: Peter McMahan In-Reply-To: <20041224220609.34328.qmail@web41603.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20041224181713.E4053@familysquires.net> References: <20041224220609.34328.qmail@web41603.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: mikes@siralan.org X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rader.servnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - siralan.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDM problems on fresh install of 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:28:47 -0000 A couple of problems that might cause this have been discussed recently in the freebsd-kde mailing list. One of them involved not having the correct KDE startup files in /usr/local/share/config/kdm (where kdmrc lives, apparently) and another had to do with commands in the shell startup scripts failing (such as user .profile or system /etc/profile). I've also seen this happen when a previous attempt to start X failed and left trash in the user's home directory and in the /tmp directory. I think the command to create the kdm startup files is "genkdmconf"; however, there are no associated man pages with it but it should be documented on the kde.org Web site. Mike Squires On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Peter McMahan wrote: > Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD 5.3 on a Dell Latitude, and > installation went without a hitch. While trying to > configure KDM for graphical login, though, I ran into > some problems. > startx works fine as both root and as a regular user. > However, when I run KDM and enter my username and > password all that loads is another instance of KDM. > This is very frustrating. The same issue occurs when I > try XDM, so I think the problem is with BSD and not > KDE.