Show us your ~/.xinit ! for kdm/xdm/gdm, -> check your hostname. Try to run xdm, gdm and kdm manually and let us know if there is any difference between them.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Wiggins Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: kdm and startkde hello, I am having some problems with startkde and kdm. When I run startkde i get the following outpit; xset: unable to open dispaly "" xsetroot: unable to open display '' startkde: starting up... ksplash cannot connect to X server kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory ksmserver : cannot connect to X server startkde: shutting down Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory Error : Can't contact kdeinit! startkde: Running shutdown scripts startkde: done When I run startx kde runs fine. When I edit /etc/ttys to enable a graphical login, kdm runs but nothing happens when I log in. The login screen is just reloaded. Any help would be great. Brett _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"