Re: Fresh Install... Desktop Environment?

Am Mittwoch 16 November 2005 21:54 schrieb Duane Wills:
> I've installed FreeBSD 5.4 with the KDE, but all that happens on startup is
> a login screen. I know enough from my use of Linux to login and manually
> start X, but only TWM comes up. First, how can I manually run KDE? I'd
> prefer to do my work in that environment than that god awful TWM or a
> command prompt. I've got a modern PC. I'd rather not use an interface
> designed for a computer with less memory than my cell phone. Second, how
> can I configure it so that KDE automatically starts to give me a graphical
> login and user interface?

Hi Duane,

first of all, there is a mailing list specifically dedicated to running KDE on 
FreeBSD, look on http://freebsd.kde.org for details.


FreeBSD 5.4 is a very good base for KDE actually. After installing KDE, you 
should do the following:

If you want to run KDE manually, just make sure you have "startkde" in your 
$HOME/.xinitrc

If that's the case then you can log in as your user and run "startx", KDE 
should come up.


Make sure the X Server works (with xorgcfg, etc). It looks like you have done 
that.

Next, make sure kdm works fine by calling it manually. If it does, you can add 
it to the terminals in /etc/ttys:

ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure
ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure
# Serial terminals

As you can see I have added another line for ttyv8 (which is on Ctrl+Alt+F7), 
which runs kdm in -nodaemon mode, and it is turned "on".


... that should be it, on your next boot, KDM should show up and give you a 
graphical login.

Enjoy,
-- 
Raphael Langerhorst
http://raphael.g-system.at/blog