Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:40:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net> To: Mack Lobell <macklobell@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org>, <kde@mail.kde.org>, <kde-nonlinux@mail.kde.org> Subject: Re: How to start xfce from kdm Message-ID: <20020712204013.O80783-100000@seven.slakin.net> In-Reply-To: <F43BuY01TouIa510MTA0000f068@hotmail.com>
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you'll need a .xsession file to get that to work correctly. * * * * * * * * Matt Snow (@) drama@slakin.net (w) http://slakin.net. On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Mack Lobell wrote: > Hi, > > i'm trying to use the kdm (KDE's display manager) on my FreeBSD (4.6 stable) > system to start xfce. xfce seems to start but the wm(??) doesn't work. Every > window (application) i create is missing the "top bar" (where you close, > minimize, maximize the applications). > > If i hit startx everything works fine, it's just when i start it from kdm. > > The following lines have been added to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession: > > case $# in > 1) > case $1 in > XFCE) > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce > ;; > GNOME) > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session > ;; > kde) > exec /usr/local/bin/startkde > ;; > failsafe) > exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 > ;; > esac > esac > > > I don't have a ~/.xsession file (didn't think i needed one). > > I'm using xfce 3.8.16 and have installed the complete KDE 3.0.2. > > Any ideas? > > Regards. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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