From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 7 01:13:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C67616A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:13:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D5943D53 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:13:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.0.200] ([192.168.0.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i871E2H4001105; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:14:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <413D0A9F.4060605@samsco.org> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:10:55 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040831 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam Smith References: <20040907003621.GA25864@internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040907003621.GA25864@internode.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg & KDE 3.3 startup issues in 5.3 BETA3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 01:13:49 -0000 Adam Smith wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD 5.3 BETA2 which has since been upgraded to 5.3 > BETA3. I also installed Xorg from /stand/sysinstall (not from the ports) > and then KDE 3.3 from the ports. > > When I launch kdm and log in, Xorg ignores my .xsession or .xinitrc files > (whichever I have created) and loads only an xterm window (with no window > management around it.) I need to type 'startkde' in this window to > actually kick KDE off and get it initiated, and upon closing this window > Xorg terminates itself. > > As a result now, whenever I log in I need to manually type 'startkde' and > then keep this xterm window open on another desktop somewhere out of the > way. This happens both through kdm and initiating 'startx' from the > command line. > > I have made my .xsession file mode 755 for good measure and also tried both > just 'startkde' and '/usr/local/bin/startkde'. No difference. > > Has anyone else experienced any problems of a similar nature? Does anyone > have any possible fixes? > > $ cat .xsession > /usr/local/bin/startkde > > $ pkg_info | grep xorg > xorg-clients-6.7.0_3 X client programs and related files from X.Org > xorg-documents-6.7.0 Documentation of X11 protocol and libraries from X.Org > xorg-fonts-100dpi-6.7.0 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts > xorg-fonts-75dpi-6.7.0 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts > xorg-fonts-encodings-6.7.0 X.Org font encoding files > xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-6.7.0 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts > xorg-fonts-truetype-6.7.0 X.Org TrueType fonts > xorg-libraries-6.7.0_1 X11 libraries and headers from X.Org > xorg-manpages-6.7.0 X.Org library manual pages > xorg-server-6.7.0_5 X.Org X server and related programs > > > > What is in ~/.xsession-errors? Scott