svn commit: r52765 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11

Author: bcr
Date: Sun Jan 13 11:29:32 2019
New Revision: 52765
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52765

Log:
  Remove instructions about outdated KDE4 and replace
  them with KDE5 Plasma.
  
  The instructions are rewritten to cover KDE5 specifics
  like installing the necessary packages (SDDM).
  
  Happy KDE5-ing on FreeBSD!
  
  PR:			231235
  Submitted by:		[email protected]
  Reviewed by:		kde@, tcberner@
  Approved by:		tcberner@
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18813

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Sun Jan 13 11:00:21 2019	(r52764)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Sun Jan 13 11:29:32 2019	(r52765)
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
       <para>To install the <application>KDE</application> package,
 	type:</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/kde4</userinput></screen>
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/kde5</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>To instead build the <application>KDE</application> port,
 	use the following command.  Installing the port will provide a
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 	<application>KDE</application> is a large application and will
 	take some time to compile, even on a fast computer.</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput>
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde5</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
 
       <indexterm>
@@ -1598,13 +1598,17 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
       <programlisting>dbus_enable="YES"
 hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
-      <para>The installation of <application>KDE</application>
-	includes the KDE Display Manager,
-	<application>KDM</application>.  To enable this display
-	manager, add this line to
+      <para>Since KDE Plasma 5, the KDE Display Manager,
+	<application>KDM</application> is no longer developed.
+	A possible replacement is <application>SDDM</application>.
+	To install it, type:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install x11/sddm</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Add this line to
 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 
-      <programlisting>kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>sddm_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
       <para>A second method for launching
 	<application>KDE</application> is to type
@@ -1612,14 +1616,14 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 	work, the following line is needed in
 	<filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
 
-      <programlisting>exec /usr/local/bin/startkde</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>exec ck-launch-session startkde</programlisting>
 
       <para>A third method for starting <application>KDE</application>
 	is through <application>XDM</application>.  To do so, create
 	an executable <filename>~/.xsession</filename> as
 	follows:</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startkde" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
+      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec ck-launch-session startkde" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Once <application>KDE</application> is started, refer to
 	its built-in help system for more information on how to use
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