Re: How to start xfce from kdm

with kdm that is.

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Matt Snow
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On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Matt Snow wrote:

> you'll need a .xsession file to get that to work correctly.
>
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> Matt Snow
>  (@) [email protected]
>  (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.
> >
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