Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:33:34 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "Wendell Anderson" <wanderson@nac.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuring KDE on FreeBSD 6.0 Message-ID: <d7195cff0602241533q7368d9b6if395424d190e86dd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43FF8EBD.1050509@nac.net> References: <43FF8EBD.1050509@nac.net>
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On 2/24/06, Wendell Anderson <wanderson@nac.net> wrote: > I have successfully installed FreeBSD 6.0 with X.org and > KDE 3.4.3. > > When I execute "startx" the "tcm" windowing system, starts > up fine. However when I try starting KDE, I get x-server errors. > > I need help in configuring KDE to proper operation. > >From root issue: /usr/local/bin/kdm (I think there's where kdm installs to by default, you can probably get by with just typing kdm) or change the line in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure to something more like: ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm" xterm on secure which should start kde at boot. Note, the exact syntax of these escapes me, try: where kdm man kdm Also note, if you've installed user accounts with uids below 1000, I believe kde will not allow you to log in until you've edited the kdm config file, which I cannot recall where that lives. man kdm should answer that. -- --
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