From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 03:58:14 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 E4A2B16A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:58:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5973443D5A for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:58:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)iBT3wCc7057281; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:58:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-2--716049747" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:58:05 -0600 To: "andrei" X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0.2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick help ... 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:58:15 -0000 --Apple-Mail-2--716049747 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Dec 28, 2004, at 5:34 PM, andrei wrote: > Hi guys .... i was able to get the kde installed and i must say ... was > beyound my expectations ... but the only thing that i was unable to > get/understand is: > 1. When i restart my computer i get a screen with 7 options ... i just > press enter for the defaul and it enters FreeBSD ... do i have to do > that every time i restart or there is a quicker way? > 2. I don't get a logon screen i still have to log into root or andrei > and use startx (since i couldn't find sessions in login manager (under > system administration). > 3. My user account which is andrei doesn't have a Gui (kde since is the > only one installed and the only one that i'll use. ... i have modified > the Xsession (added just kde) and Xsetup_0 > (added /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop) and ttys (changed the xdm to kdm) ... > I appreciate all the help given and hopefully after getting the user > to > work i'll be able to figure thinks out b myself/research more) ... Keep > up the good work (and on a personal note does gates use a *nix platform > in his house with all that shit going on there? ... i mean hell .. with > the chip installed for personal prefference the toilet might flush and > splash him) Sorry. ... thank you Here's my best effort at answering your questions: 1) There _is_ a way to do this, it just escapes me at the moment. Really, I would not recommend it, as if you've got problems, you won't be able to boot into safe mode very easily. I would leave that alone... 2) You need to setup kdm to handle your login. This is done from within the /etc/ttys file. If you google for kdm and freebsd, or poke around the freebsd.kde.org site, it should lead the way. 3) This problem will go away once you enable kdm, but if you choose to stay the CLI route, you need to create a .xinitrc file with the following line: exec=startkde HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-2--716049747 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHSK00ACgkQRAAY9knOW+oVugCfY9WxCh4GSVURH3EhJaBbHuz2 y4kAn0zLKkDlVqx3pCYgvLMNmRpeGTyr =WR6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-2--716049747--