From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 00:02:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B56106567B for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 577A18FC22 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-88-61.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.88.61]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C93C50EAC; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:02:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id m7I02cTw002042; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:02:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:02:38 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20080818020238.1a7a8013.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20080817233006.GC3376@thought.org> References: <20080817220431.GA1187@thought.org> <20080818001426.0fb09ff7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080817233006.GC3376@thought.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: kde troubles.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:02:41 -0000 On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:30:07 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:14:26AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > Maybe removing this PID file and retrying to start kdm > > should solve the problem? It is possible that kdm refuses > > to start while this file is present (and kdm is guessing > > that another kdm instance is running already). > > > danke, uber nien.[1] > [1] how fractured is that!? I thinks it's "danke, aber nein". > if you see my reply to Mike Power, that's a no-go. The PID file should not be empty, it should contain the PID of kdm as text. Another problem seems to be that the kdm from KDE 4 does need a different configuration file than KDE 3... maybe you can remove / rename version 3 of the file and see if there are any defaults for version 4, eventually generated automatically? > I tried to get KDE up hours ago, but after failing, thought I'd > try building kde4, ja? nope. Eventually testing xdm instead of kdm - just to see if this one is working - would be a first step. I'm no KDE user, so I'm sorry I can't help any more. > that bombed somewhere while I was > getting stuff done on my ubuntu desktop. If you use precompiled packages, there should not be a problem. If you're interested in a preconfigured and working KDE and you don't mind that it's KDE 3 on a FreeBSD 6 system, why not try PC-BSD or DesktopBSD? > ever have the urge to put your fist thru the CRT? (*********) Yes, since I need to use FreeBSD 7 after an accident destroying all my data where fsck cannot help anymore, and FreeBSD 7 and it's software does not behave the way I think it should... :-( -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...