Re: more kdm questions
Brett Wiggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you set the hostname ? This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. Set the hostname for the machine. For temporary (and testing) you can use the hostname command from a shell prompt. To get it set for good, add a line like: hostname=my.host.name in /etc/rc.conf Make sure that the name you choose is either in DNS, or you enter a matching record in /etc/hosts. Otherwise, you'll have problems with applications running slowly, or not starting at all because they try to verify the hostname. Thanks again Brett 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 window system and KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains; exec startkde after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE. I then setup KDM by editing the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I added the following to the file; case $# in 1) case $1 in kde) exec /usr/local/bin/startkde ;; failsafe) exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0 ;; esac esac Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0; /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at the login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any please let me know. Thanks again Brett ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: more kdm questions
Hi: Did you remember to change the line in /etc/ttys From: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure To: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure You can look at section 5.6.2 in the FreeBSD Handbook for more details. Also if you have any other troubles, then you may want to askk at the Kde FreeBSD site http://freebsd.kde.org/. Those pople are quite freindly and helpful. -- Original message from Bill Moran : -- Brett Wiggins wrote: Did you set the hostname ? This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: more kdm questions
Forgot to cc the list -Original Message- From: Ruben Bloemgarten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:13 PM To: 'Brett Wiggins' Subject: RE: more kdm questions # vi /etc/rc.conf Add hostname=yourhostname to the file Reboot will make the change permanent. For a temprary hostname : #hostname yourhostname To verify if the hostname was set : #hostname The hostname is not related to X nor xdm/gdm/kdm, but is a system parameter. Many applications will not function properly or at all without the machine knowing who it is. Xdm/kdm/gdm are amongst those appz that won't work without the hostname. Also, I always take the xinitrc template from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit, copy it to my home directory and modify at will. Good luck. -Original Message- From: Brett Wiggins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: more kdm questions hello again, Did you set the hostname ? This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. Thanks again Brett 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 window system and KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains; exec startkde after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE. I then setup KDM by editing the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I added the following to the file; case $# in 1) case $1 in kde) exec /usr/local/bin/startkde ;; failsafe) exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0 ;; esac esac Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0; /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at the login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any please let me know. Thanks again Brett ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: more kdm questions
You don't need do this to get kdm working. Only if you want it to start at boot. I suggest you do this when you get kdm working properly, not before. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: more kdm questions Hi: Did you remember to change the line in /etc/ttys From: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure To: ttyv8 /usr/X11R6/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure You can look at section 5.6.2 in the FreeBSD Handbook for more details. Also if you have any other troubles, then you may want to askk at the Kde FreeBSD site http://freebsd.kde.org/. Those pople are quite freindly and helpful. -- Original message from Bill Moran : -- Brett Wiggins wrote: Did you set the hostname ? This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing. ___ [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]
