From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 20:49:33 2007 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 9DB5516A418 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov (mailwasher.lanl.gov [204.121.3.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6857613C4CC for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:49:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailrelay1.lanl.gov (mailrelay1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.101]) by mailwasher.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lATKnTTd015585; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:49:29 -0700 Received: from oppie-mail.lanl.gov (oppie-mail.lanl.gov [128.165.4.123]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lATKnSOl006451; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:49:28 -0700 Received: from [128.165.86.60] (p25dual1.lanl.gov [128.165.86.60]) by oppie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A931F8004; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:49:24 -0700 (MST) From: James Harrison To: Tino Engel In-Reply-To: <474F2049.5020405@web.de> References: <474E6817.5050201@gmail.com> <474F2049.5020405@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Los Alamos National Labs Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:49:23 -0700 Message-Id: <1196369363.2969.4.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.0 (2.8.0-33.0.1.el5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CTN-5-MailScanner-Information: Please see http://network.lanl.gov/email/virus-scan.php X-CTN-5-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CTN-5-MailScanner-From: jamesh@lanl.gov X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jamesh@lanl.gov List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:49:33 -0000 On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 21:25 +0100, Tino Engel wrote: > williamkow schrieb: > > I am newbie, recently I have installed FreeBSD 6.2-Stable, and manage to > > configure and display the x window manager (X11) using command "startx". > > and then i run command "startkde " and I received error message > > (kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server) > > However, if i run command "kdm", then it prompt for login screen. I am > > wondering the command "startkde" is not correct way to call KDE. please > > advise me. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > startkde should be fine also... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I thought X had to be fully running to start another desktop on top of it, and that was done by xinit. Hence having to put startkde in .xinitrc. I think from the situation you're describing that you're correct, it ought to be running, but try putting startkde in the .xinitrc file and then just running startx. James