Re: KDM stopping

2008-11-28 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:37:24 +0100 (CET), Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > XDM: If I edit /etc/ttys to use xdm instead of kdm and reboot > I get login/password prompt, then a very primitive TWM window manager, These are the default settings (TWM with some xterms). You can edit you

Re: KDM stopping

2008-11-28 Thread Pieter Donche
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE, with KDE as desktop environment and KDM as display manager. I have 2 users, say user1 and user2. Boot, KDM login as user1, OK. Then I do a close session. OK, KDM presents me again with t

Re: KDM stopping

2008-11-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Pieter Donche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE, with KDE as desktop environment and KDM as > display manager. > > I have 2 users, say user1 and user2. > Boot, KDM login as user1, OK. > Then I do a close session. > OK, KDM presents me again with the KDM login screen, login as user2

Re: kdm/startkde problem after upgrade

2007-07-16 Thread Andriy Babiy
> > $ uname -a > > FreeBSD ABC.DEF.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Wed Jul 11 > > 06:07:39 PDT 2007 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMD64 amd64 > > > > kdm is configured as a login manager in /etc/ttys. > > > > After upgrade to KDE 3.5.7 and X server 7.2 (that was time consuming, > > but no e

Re: kdm/startkde problem after upgrade

2007-07-16 Thread Reid Linnemann
Written by Andriy Babiy on 07/16/07 02:52>> Hi everyone! $ uname -a FreeBSD ABC.DEF.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Wed Jul 11 06:07:39 PDT 2007 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AMD64 amd64 kdm is configured as a login manager in /etc/ttys. After upgrade to KDE 3.5.7 and X server 7.2 (t

Re: KDM terminates unexpectedly

2007-07-09 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:07:04 +1000 Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just installed freeBSD v6.2 and installed the updated xorg from > sources. > > After kdm is called I see: > > Jul 9 17:41:29 rock kdm-bin[817]: X server for display :0 terminated > unexpectedly > Jul 9 17:

Re: KDM at boot

2007-06-26 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:44:25 +0200 Sereno Ternullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is even easier to remember: > > # init q > > It's the same for 'kill -HUP 1' well...not really. "init q" is specific to init. kill -HUP {pid} is the standard unix way to tell {pid} to reload its configuratio

Re: KDM at boot

2007-06-26 Thread Sereno Ternullo
Tim Daneliuk ha scritto: Eric Crist wrote: On Jun 25, 2007, at 7:39 PMJun 25, 2007, Cyrus wrote: ive done this before with Slackware 11, but read up on freebsd on how to do it, and its completley different. How do I go about having KDM start automaticly on boot? Edit /etc/tty

Re: KDM at boot

2007-06-25 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Eric Crist wrote: > On Jun 25, 2007, at 7:39 PMJun 25, 2007, Cyrus wrote: > >> ive done this before with Slackware 11, but read up on freebsd on how >> to do >> it, and its completley different. How do I go about having KDM start >> automaticly on boot? >> > > Edit /etc/ttys and modify line 45 a

Re: KDM at boot

2007-06-25 Thread Eric Crist
On Jun 25, 2007, at 7:39 PMJun 25, 2007, Cyrus wrote: ive done this before with Slackware 11, but read up on freebsd on how to do it, and its completley different. How do I go about having KDM start automaticly on boot? Edit /etc/ttys and modify line 45 as follows: ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin

Re: kdm restart and back into root shell from KDE

2006-04-15 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On April 15, 2006 12:58:02 PM +0200 Bram Kuijper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I got two KDE-related newby questions: 1. How do I restart a KDE session after I changed some config files? In Linux this is /etc/init.d/kdm restart But since there is no init.d on FreeBSD, I'm stuck. Ctr

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-20 Thread RYAN vAN GINNEKEN
- Original Message - From: Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sun Feb 19 19:12:03 2006 Subject: Re: kdm and fluxbox RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: &

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-19 Thread Norberto Meijome
RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > Thanks to all and i will take your advice Norberto as i do not really like > kde that much anyway. If i wanted window i would just install windowsxp or > maybe vista would be more like Kde any how i digress. > > I am tiring to set up wdm and added this line to my

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-16 Thread RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN
al Message - From: Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:51:43 AM Subject: Re: kdm and fluxbox RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession > > n

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-16 Thread Mike Hernandez
> > FluxBox) > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox > > ;; I lost the original email so rather that misquote I'm not quoting at all. Just thought I'd mention you should probably use the command startfluxbox as opposed to fluxbox, to start your fluxbox session. Mi

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-16 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Thursday 16 February 2006 06:35, RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > I am tring to get kdm to log me into fluxbox i have followed the > handbook to the letter and can login to gnome kde and enlightnment > also options for defaut and failsafe and some others none of which i > have tried yet. However f

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-16 Thread Mike Jeays
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 22:35 -0700, RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > I am tring to get kdm to log me into fluxbox i have followed the handbook to > the letter and can login to gnome kde and enlightnment also options for > defaut and failsafe and some others none of which i have tried yet. However >

Re: kdm and fluxbox

2006-02-16 Thread Norberto Meijome
RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession > > notice this file is for XDM, not KDM. try searching in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm :) > WHERE IS KDM GETTING ITS SESSION INFO FROM AND HOW DO I TELL IT TO ADD FLUXBOX > > not sure, probably from its config file. Or just set it to

Re: Kdm problem

2005-05-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Ivailo Tanusheff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have problem running kdm on a FreeBSD 5.3 server. > When I start the kdm, I receive following error in /var/log/messages: > > May 3 20:45:10 test kdm[567]: XDMCP socket creation failed, errno 43 > > I was not able to find any answer searching w

Re: KDM doesn't launch any WindowManager

2005-02-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
HuGo Herter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: HuGo Herter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I've just installed the last version of FreeBSD (5.3), after the > reference, but I cannot launch any WindowManager using KDM : KDM > closes and restart immediatly... > I think that it's the same about XDM.

Re: KDM doesn't launch any WindowManager

2005-02-10 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:36 am, HuGo Herter wrote: > Hello, > I've just installed the last version of FreeBSD (5.3), after the > reference, but I cannot launch any WindowManager using KDM : KDM > closes and restart immediatly... > I think that it's the same about XDM. But my Window Managers

Re: KDM, KDE 3.3 and xmodmap

2005-01-16 Thread Xian
On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:56, Maarten wrote: >Does anyone know how to configure KDM or KDE so that is uses xmodmap? > >The configuration is pretty much out of the box, 5.3. > >For some reason using "custom" from the KDM menu with .xsession: > >#!/bin/sh >xmodmap -e 'keycode 203=F13' >exec star

Re: KDM problems on fresh install of 5.3

2004-12-24 Thread Michael L. Squires
A couple of problems that might cause this have been discussed recently in the freebsd-kde mailing list. One of them involved not having the correct KDE startup files in /usr/local/share/config/kdm (where kdmrc lives, apparently) and another had to do with commands in the shell startup scripts

Re: kdm refuses to allow non-root login to kde

2004-08-15 Thread Tim Kellers
On Sunday 15 August 2004 02:33 am, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:05:00AM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > > I've been battling this on and off (mostly off) since April. > > > > If I put exec startkde in .xesession in a non-root folder and I enable > > xdm in /etc/ttys, I can log into

Re: kdm refuses to allow non-root login to kde

2004-08-14 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:05:00AM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > > I've been battling this on and off (mostly off) since April. > > If I put exec startkde in .xesession in a non-root folder and I enable xdm > in /etc/ttys, I can log into xorg's xdm and kde starts just fine -- even as a > non-root

RE: kdm and startkde

2004-06-21 Thread Ruben Bloemgarten
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

Re: kdm and startkde

2004-06-20 Thread Jorn Argelo
Brett Wiggins wrote: 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

Re: kdm questions

2004-06-18 Thread Andy Harrison
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:10:07 +1000, Brett Wiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello (again), > I am still having some problems with kdm, I have searched > (again) the archives and the handbook. Below are the steps I took, > files I edited during setup. After I installed the X wind

Re: kdm

2004-06-16 Thread Radu MOLNAR
I'm using using a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ to start kdm and i have no problems with that. Radu On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, n3rdBoy . wrote: hello, I am having some problems with kdm or kde. I have edited /etc/ttys so that kdm starts when the machine boots. When I log in nothing happens, the

Re: kdm

2004-06-16 Thread Bill Moran
"n3rdBoy ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > I am having some problems with kdm or kde. I have edited /etc/ttys > so that kdm starts when the machine boots. When I log in nothing happens, > the login screen is just reloaded. I get the same results when I log in > using the default a

RE: KDM always starts failsafe (Philip Payne)

2004-04-09 Thread Larry Hammer
Now, whenever I try to login to KDE it always starts the failsafe i.e. a single xterm. It doesn't matter what session type I select in KDM, I always get failsafe so no KDE for me. If I start KDE using startx and a .xinitrc with "exec startkde" everything

Re: Kdm at boot

2004-02-06 Thread Jorn Argelo
edit /etc/ttys, and change xdm to the appropiate kdm path. Jorn On Friday 06 February 2004 16:51, Edd Barrett wrote: > What is the correct way of starting kdm at boot? I have tried echo > "/usr/local/bin/kdm >> /etc/rc.local" , but this causes the system to hang. > kdm works fine if executed on a

Re: Kdm at boot

2004-02-06 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Friday 06 February 2004 10:51 am, Edd Barrett wrote: > What is the correct way of starting kdm at boot? I have tried echo > "/usr/local/bin/kdm >> /etc/rc.local" , but this causes the system to hang. > kdm works fine if executed on a root shell. Someone told me to do a wait 5 > && kdm, but i see

RE: KDM and FreeBSD?

2003-10-03 Thread Chris
o: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: KDM and FreeBSD? > > > > Hey all, > > > > I'm a huge nut of the CLI, but my girlfriend is not. I've gone > through a > > bunch of the documentation on > > > http://docs.kde.org/en/3.1

Re: KDM and FreeBSD?

2003-10-03 Thread Alex de Kruijff
> Hey all, > > I'm a huge nut of the CLI, but my girlfriend is not. I've gone through a > bunch of the documentation on > http://docs.kde.org/en/3.1/kdebase/kdm/Configuring-your-system-for-kdm.html > and have gotten as far as test whether I can run > > grog# kdm -nodeamon > > and I get a KDE

RE: KDM and FreeBSD?

2003-10-02 Thread John Smith
Check chapter 5.7.3.1 of the FreeBSD Handbook. kdm is relatively easy to setup. GDM's setup is more work or at least the method I found on the net was. Maybe there's an easier way. I actually find GDM to be more aesthetically appealing than kdm, even though I don't really like Gnome's aesthetic

Re: KDM and FreeBSD?

2003-10-02 Thread Thierry Thomas
Le Ven 3 oct 03 à 0:31:43 +0200, Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait : > and I get a KDE login screen after a few breif seconds. Now, how do I > implement this so that kdm initalizes at boot so my gf can use my FreeBSD > system without having to type what is, in her words, some "arcane

RE: KDM won't start KDE

2003-08-23 Thread Ian Barnes
Hi, Remove the -nodaemon string. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 August 2003 04:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: KDM won't start KDE I just installed FreeBSD 4.8 on this machine and I set up kdm to run by

Re: KDM screen capture

2003-08-10 Thread Alexander Pohoyda
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to capture the screen while at the KDM login? > If so - what application to use? I would say that using a digital camera is the simplest solution. -- Alexander Pohoyda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ [EMAIL

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:28, Chris wrote: > On Friday 27 June 2003 03:18 am, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > > On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote: > > > Hiya - > > > > > > What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what > > > might that line look like. > > > > The file yo

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Benjamin Walkenhorst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 27. June 2003 15:15, Chris wrote: > >>>The corresponding entry in my /etc/ttys looks like this: > >>> > >>>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > >No - did you also change "off" to "on"? Tell your kernel to reread >

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Chris
Daniel Bye wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 06:58:45AM -0500, Chris wrote: On Friday 27 June 2003 03:18 am, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote: Hiya - What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what might that line look like.

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Daniel Bye
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 06:58:45AM -0500, Chris wrote: > On Friday 27 June 2003 03:18 am, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > > On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote: > > > Hiya - > > > > > > What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what > > > might that line look like. > >

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Chris
On Friday 27 June 2003 03:18 am, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote: > > Hiya - > > > > What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what > > might that line look like. > > The file you have to change is /etc/ttys > > The corresponding en

Re: kdm on bootup

2003-06-27 Thread Benjamin Walkenhorst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 27. June 2003 05:40, Chris wrote: > Hiya - > > What file might I modify to enable kdm to start on bootup? And what might > that line look like. The file you have to change is /etc/ttys The corresponding entry in my /etc/ttys looks li

Re: KDM help

2003-06-20 Thread Nakal
On Friday 20 June 2003 20:22, Monah Baki wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there anyway in kdm to hide all the users on the left hand side, > and have just the "login" & "password" option. Just start kcontrol as root and go to the "Login Manager" screen, you can setup everything there. Martin ___

Re: KDM

2002-07-16 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 11:29:58AM +0530, Akthar Hussain wrote: > Hi , > > I am unable to start KDM in my Freebsd 4.5 as normal user. > the /var/log/kdm.log error reports that "Only root wants to run KDM" > > > Any one can let me know what I have to do , to run kdm as ordinary users. You can'