From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 09:10:19 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 E26D916A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:10:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261F143D45 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:10:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a155.otenet.gr [212.205.215.155]) iBT9AGEb032619; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:10:17 +0200 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBT99bDI002802; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:09:37 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBT99YOV002801; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:09:34 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:09:34 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: andrei Message-ID: <20041229090934.GB2457@gothmog.gr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 09:10:20 -0000 On 2004-12-28 18:34, 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? Yes. The menu is there to make it easy for you to boot FreeBSD with or without ACPI, in safe or default mode, etc. You can always get a bare-bones boot by setting the following in your /boot/loader.conf file: beastie_disable="YES" Then you will have to manually set acpi_load="NO" or other boot loader stuff that is quickly accessible from the menu, if you need something like that later on, but it's ok. > 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). To get a graphical logon screen, you need to enable xdm or another desktop manager in /etc/ttys. This is described in the Handbook. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html > 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) ... What are the exact modifications you made? What path was the Xsession file you modified in? - Giorgos