Re: Strange X problem
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 26 Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:36:32 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] --On October 6, 2006 5:23:45 PM -0700 backyard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For FreeBSD, edit /etc/ttys and find the line like this: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure and edit it to this: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm xterm on secure Yeah, I got a chance to look at it this afternoon, and that's what the problem was. I wasn't looking closely enough at that line. Maybe you were looking _too_ closely at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html which I was browsing just before seeing your thread, that indeed says: To enable kdm, the ttyv8 entry in /etc/ttys has to be adapted. The line should look as follows: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange X problem
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:10:44 -0500
Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can type starx or gdm after logging in as root, but that's not what I
want.
Not sure if it is the same as with gdm, but gdm installs an rc file
in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm
gdm_enable=YES needs to be added to rc.conf.
you may want to check whether pkg_info -L kdm* | grep rc
shows anything useful
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Re: Strange X problem
Paul Schmehl writes: Not really. I want X to start *without* requiring a console login and prompt me for a login in the gui, just like my workstation does. The traditional answer is to put an entry in /etc/ttys. (See the man page for details.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange X problem
--On Friday, October 06, 2006 08:30:36 -0400 Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Schmehl writes: Not really. I want X to start *without* requiring a console login and prompt me for a login in the gui, just like my workstation does. The traditional answer is to put an entry in /etc/ttys. (See the man page for details.) Therein lies the problem. There *is* an entry in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Guess I'll just start double-checking everything. Maybe there's a typo somewhere. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Strange X problem
On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 12:05 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Friday, October 06, 2006 08:30:36 -0400 Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Schmehl writes: Not really. I want X to start *without* requiring a console login and prompt me for a login in the gui, just like my workstation does. The traditional answer is to put an entry in /etc/ttys. (See the man page for details.) Therein lies the problem. There *is* an entry in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Guess I'll just start double-checking everything. Maybe there's a typo somewhere. Is your path to kdm correct? I've never used KDE, so I don't know for sure, but that entry in /etc/ttys is all you should need. Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange X problem
--On Friday, October 06, 2006 15:10:21 -0400 Bob M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Therein lies the problem. There *is* an entry in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Guess I'll just start double-checking everything. Maybe there's a typo somewhere. Is your path to kdm correct? I've never used KDE, so I don't know for sure, but that entry in /etc/ttys is all you should need. find / -name kdm /usr/local/bin/kdm Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Strange X problem
--- Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Friday, October 06, 2006 15:10:21 -0400 Bob M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Therein lies the problem. There *is* an entry in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Guess I'll just start double-checking everything. Maybe there's a typo somewhere. Is your path to kdm correct? I've never used KDE, so I don't know for sure, but that entry in /etc/ttys is all you should need. find / -name kdm /usr/local/bin/kdm Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ For FreeBSD, edit /etc/ttys and find the line like this: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure and edit it to this: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm xterm on secure * Most other distributions are a variation of one of these. At this stage, you can test kdm again by bringing your system to the runlevel that should now run kdm. To do so, issue a command like this: http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdebase/kdm/configuring-your-system-for-kdm.html -nodaemon is the problem. that is for running kdm from the command line. -brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange X problem
--On October 6, 2006 5:23:45 PM -0700 backyard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For FreeBSD, edit /etc/ttys and find the line like this: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure and edit it to this: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm xterm on secure Yeah, I got a chance to look at it this afternoon, and that's what the problem was. I wasn't looking closely enough at that line. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Strange X problem
I just got done setting up 6.1 RELEASE on my laptop. Cvsup'd all the ports, updated xorg, etc. and installed kde. For some odd reason, I can't get X to start up from boot. On my workstation, I have this in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure When I installed kde on the laptop, it edited /etc/ttys and added the *exact* same information. Yet, X will not start unless I login as root and type kdm at the commandline. What did I miss? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Strange X problem
On Thursday 05 October 2006 15:36, Paul Schmehl wrote: What did I miss? Don't know exactly, as I am quite new to FreeBSD; but I can tell you what I did. After the installation of X11, I created a file in my home directory called .xinitrc in that file I have the single line exec startkde. I log into my account, and when I want Xwindows I simply execute /usr/X11R6/bin/startx. Here is what my .xinitrc file looks like: #/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce4 #exec gnome-session #/usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep exec startkde I can edit it and use another window manager if I want... I have used all the ones listed. Hope some of this helps. Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange X problem
--On October 6, 2006 12:52:12 AM -0400 Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 October 2006 15:36, Paul Schmehl wrote: What did I miss? Don't know exactly, as I am quite new to FreeBSD; but I can tell you what I did. After the installation of X11, I created a file in my home directory called .xinitrc in that file I have the single line exec startkde. I log into my account, and when I want Xwindows I simply execute /usr/X11R6/bin/startx. Here is what my .xinitrc file looks like: # /usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce4 # exec gnome-session # /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep exec startkde I can edit it and use another window manager if I want... I have used all the ones listed. Hope some of this helps. Not really. I want X to start *without* requiring a console login and prompt me for a login in the gui, just like my workstation does. I can type starx or gdm after logging in as root, but that's not what I want. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
