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To: "Michael W.Holdeman" <ptfd9100@beanstalk.net>
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you did the right thing using using kdm. when you got to login you need 
to select kde from the log menu. if you wont to use the default then you 
need to add a .xsession with 'exec startkde'

Michael W.Holdeman wrote:

> Using the instructions in the handbook I installed FreeBSD 4.5 on my laptop 
> top play with it.
> My problems are this. 
> My screen comes up to a login. I can login as root and then enter startx, and 
> get KDE. If I logon as user and enter startx I get a message about needing to 
> be root.
> I also always get a message for xauth refering to bad display name ":0" in 
> remove command.
> If I tweek the tty's file (ttyv8  "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on 
> secure) I can geet kdm to come up at boot but cannot login, always comes back 
> up kdm again.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
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