When I say I started with a clean install, I mean that I even completely removed my entire user home directory and allowed the system to simply recreate -everything- This is not a migration from 4.11 to 4.13, this is a fresh install.
I installed a snapshot from 18 Aug and pkg_add kde4 -- one that was complete, I made the changes /etc/login.conf as well as /etc/sysctl.conf However, once the initial .kde4 directory has been created, I then need to finish setting up the first bottom panel manually. Once that is done, everything works, provided I've set ulimits high enough. Chuck Burns On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Vadim Zhukov <persg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-08-19 12:12 GMT+04:00 Dorian Büttner <dorian.buett...@gmx.de>: > > you could try if removing ~/.kde4 helps for spawning new kde version > (backup > > first ;-)) > > and probably run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf if using the databased version > of > > login.conf for whatever reason (used admin tutorials in the past?), to > > activate changes. > > This is needed if and only if you already have /etc/login.conf.db. If > you don't have one, you shouldn't run cap_mkdb. > > > Also, the parameter is openfiles_max and not openfiles_cur to set, if I > got > > it right. > > It's better to tweak "openfiles" in this case: the KDE daemons require > files being open constantly. > > > Just a few things I fiddled with to get it run... > > > > -Dorian > > > > > > On 08/19/14 05:21, Chuck Burns wrote: > >> > >> Ok. I Just went "all in" with regards to login.conf, and changed default > >> to > >> have -everything-=infinity (yes, I know, bad practice, but I wanted to > try > >> to rule out user limits) > >> > >> I -still- have problems with a clean install not completely setting up a > >> default workspace. First login (whether via startx or via kdm) -always- > >> ends up in a black screen. > >> > >> ps awx shows that most KDE things seem to be loaded, it also takes a > >> -VERY- > >> long time to get "finished" with whatever it is doing. > > Could be 4.11 -> 4.13 migration problem, yes. You're unlucky to be the > first one here (on ports@) with such problem. :( I can't tell you > what's wrong there, sorry. > > >> I then have to kill Xorg. Once I've done that, after bumping my ulimits > to > >> infinity, I can then log into KDE properly, but I need to recreate the > >> bottom panel, but once done, I can use KDE just fine, all services > appear > >> to work correctly. > >> > >> So, it appears that my single issue may actually be two separate issues > >> here. I did get the limit issue taken care of, but there still appears > to > >> be a problem running the "clean install setup" > >> > >> Thanks for any help. > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Vadim Zhukov <persg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> 2014-08-19 0:49 GMT+04:00 Chuck Burns <brea...@gmail.com>: > >>>> > >>>> Ok, forgive me if this is a bit too detailed. > >>>> > >>>> I recently upgraded my box from 5.5 to a snapshot that I downloaded > from > >>>> the official ftp.openbsd.org server. > >>>> > >>>> After upgrading, performing sysmerge and all the other required > steps, I > >>>> then upgraded my pkgs, using pkg_add -ui > >>>> > >>>> After all of my packages were upgraded, including KDE and Firefox, KDE > >>>> no > >>>> longer works correctly. It shows the old-style icons for volume, > >>>> clipper, > >>>> and other kde apps. This in and of itself is not that big of a deal, > >>>> however, the KDE services also all stop. > >>>> > >>>> System-settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Service Manager shows that > >>> > >>> NONE > >>>> > >>>> of the KDE services are running. Not one. They most certainly worked > >>> > >>> just > >>>> > >>>> fine under 5.5 and whichever KDE4 that was in that version's pkg repo. > >>>> > >>>> So.. I then decided to just delete -all- packages, including configs, > >>>> and > >>>> just reinstall them. Now, however, I cannot even get logged into KDE. > >>> > >>> this > >>>> > >>>> is after deleting my dotfiles from my user directory. > >>>> > >>>> Now, I did notice that I was supposed to set, and did: > >>>> > >>>> kern.maxfiles=20000 > >>>> kern.shminfo.shmall=51200 > >>>> kern.shminfo.shmmni=1024 > >>>> > >>>> I also read on the updating faq that I am to change login.conf to > >>> > >>> increase > >>>> > >>>> the limits. I set them to the max that I could: > >>> > >>> No, you set your process limits here up to the maximum ones set in > >>> login.conf. You need to tweak the openfiles* settings. After doing > >>> that you'll need to re-login (recommendation is to try new settings on > >>> a new virtual terminal first, to make sure you still could log in). > >>> > >>> You could also switch to old way for KDE files monitoring (note, this > >>> will bring back constant disk access and CPU eating problem!): > >>> > >>> kwriteconfig4 --group DirWatch --key PreferredMethod QFSWatch > >>> > >>> Run this command before logging into X, and make sure no KDE processes > >>> are running - if so, you'll need to kill them before logging in again. > >>> > >>>> break19@keyhole:~/ > ulimit -a > >>>> -t: cpu time (seconds) unlimited > >>>> -f: file size (blocks) unlimited > >>>> -d: data seg size (kbytes) 524288 > >>>> -s: stack size (kbytes) 32768 > >>>> -c: core file size (blocks) unlimited > >>>> -m: resident set size (kbytes) 2029668 > >>>> -l: locked-in-memory size (kbytes) 680025 > >>>> -u: processes 512 > >>>> -n: file descriptors 1024 > >>>> > >>>> Once doing this, I could get to a black screen in Xorg. However, if I > >>>> changed my .xinitrc to be "startkde4 --failsafe" I was able to -most- > >>>> things to work. I had a completely empty panel at the bottom, but I > was > >>>> able to at least add the correct widgets to it, but the defaults are > >>>> supposed to just work there.. I'm not sure what is broken, but it's > >>> > >>> evident > >>>> > >>>> that something is. > >>>> > >>>> Now, the FAQ gives me a number of like 3500 file descriptors, but > ulimit > >>>> complains that anything above 1024 is "over the hardcoded limit" so.. > >>>> > >>>> Sorry to bother you guys about a "ugly bloated DE" like KDE, but I've > >>> > >>> used > >>>> > >>>> KDE since like 1996 or 1997 :) > > -- > WBR, > Vadim Zhukov >
