Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 05:18:32 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I get KDM to launch KDE ? Message-ID: <20050225041832.GA2583@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> In-Reply-To: <BE440D14.22C6%lichtner@9online.fr> References: <BE440D14.22C6%lichtner@9online.fr>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Edward Lichtner wrote:
> Hi,
> I selected KDM to run at startup by editing /etc/ttys :
> ttyv8 ł/usr/local/bin/kdm nodaemon˛ xterm on secure
> I also created a .xsession file both in /root and in my home directory with
> the line :
> exec startkde
> When I reboot, KDM starts up but when I login (correct password), the login
> windows disappears, the KDM background remains and KDE doesnąt start.
> However, KDE starts fine when I run startx in a terminal session.
> Is there something I didnąt do properly ?
> Thanks,
> Edward
See the handbook for more informations (5.7.3.1 The KDE Display Manager):
[...]
To make sure kdm understands what the
labels (KDE, GNOME etc) mean, edit the files used by XDM.
In a terminal window, as root, edit the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession.
There is a section in the middle like this:
case $# in
1)
case $1 in
failsafe)
exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
;;
esac
esac
A few lines need to be added to this section. Assuming the labels
from used were ``KDE'' and ``GNOME'', use the following:
case $# in
1)
case $1 in
kde)
exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
;;
GNOME)
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session
;;
failsafe)
exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0
;;
esac
esac
[...]
Oliver
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