Subject: Re: (Newbie to Netbsd) help enabling KDM (KDE 3) on netbsd 2.0
To: Mehdi Elaoufir <melaoufir@gmail.com>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/21/2005 01:20:56
Didyou configure the hostname and domainname of your system?

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:08 pm, Mehdi Elaoufir wrote:
> I did /etc/rc.conf configuration (KDM=YES) and checked that
> /etc/rc.d/kdm really exists. I also restored /etc/ttys default
> configuration. But i still have the same problems :
>
> - KDM login screen appears again when i log in
> - No KDE startup!
>
> Mehdi
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:03:44 -0700, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:39:35 +0000, Mehdi Elaoufir <melaoufir@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > >    tty08 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
> >
> > As far as I know, you don't have to do that. Change that back to the way
> > it was.
> >
> > Then ensure you have a kdm startup script in /etc/rc.d. If you
> > installed a package from NetBSD or via pkgsrc, there should be one:
> >
> > /etc/rc.d > ls -l kdm
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  491 Dec  3 11:20 kdm
> >
> > Add this line to your rc.conf:
> >
> > kdm=YES
> >
> > And that's all you should need to do. Nothing fancy. This is the netbsd
> > way.
> >
> > Andy

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