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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 07:46:59 -0500
From: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm2@mchsi.com>
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Okay, I've researched this issue for a week now (Handbook, The Complete
FreeBSD, etc.) and I still have little more than a clue.  I've installed
4.4r with KDE 2.2.  I want FBSD to start up in KDE, but I know I need a
script to do that.  The script was about 5 lines long, but I no longer
have it or know where to get it because I've upgraded after a hard drive
replacement (old one crashed hard).

[A good hint for newbies:  When your system works, print out all the
startup and config files for future reference.]

xdm takes me to an xterm login screen even after I've already logged
in.  Loging in again gets me to KDE, but when I logout, I get stuck in
the xterm login loop until I reset the computer.  kdm doesn't work so I
assume I must install kdm in order to replace xdm.  Is this correct?  If
so, how do I do that?

I have the line "startkde" in two files:
.xsessions
.xinit

That line was already in those 2 files; I didn't put them there and I
don't understand why they are there, but KDE does not auto start at boot
time.

What's the danger of putting the line "startx" as the last line in
rc.conf?  I know startx works for all users and as long as no one's
logged in, shouldn't that bring KDE up with its login window?

Mark


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