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Old 14th September 2011
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Default X window on KDE background?

I've set up KDE 4 (I think...) but when I boot up and then log in, I get the KDE desktop background, but no menu or bar, just one X Window...

Pointers please!
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Old 20th September 2011
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I get the normal kde login, then I get:

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Old 20th September 2011
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, then I get:
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Old 20th September 2011
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I hate trying to use a hosted image.
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Old 24th September 2011
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How did you install KDE and how are you starting KDE?

It looks like KDE login manager works fine, but KDE doesn't work at all...
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Old 26th September 2011
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I *think* I selected KDE at installation time (e.g. when doing the initial install), however I may have subsequently added KDE via a re-run of sysinstall.

What is the best way to check this please?
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# pkg_info -aqo | sort | grep -i kde

From pkg_info(1)

Code:
    -a, --all
	     Show all currently installed packages.

     -q, --quiet
	     Be ``quiet'' in emitting report headers and such, just dump the
	     raw info (basically, assume a non-human reading).

     -o      Show the ``origin'' path recorded on package generation.  This
	     path is the directory name in the FreeBSD Ports Collection of the
	     underlying port from which the package was generated.
Try adding exec startkde in your ~/.xinitrc and use xinit to start KDE, this might give some useful info.
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Old 29th September 2011
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I already have the entry for kde4

Quote:
exec usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde
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The screenshots above show you're starting with KDM, not with xinit. Did you try xinit?
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what is the correct form for xinit please?
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What do you mean? Just start FreeBSD, exit kdm if it's started, and type xinit.
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I can't exit kdm though, it starts after boot?
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IIRC you can disable it by editing /etc/rc.conf
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One thing that would be really helpful first of all - the keymap seems to be wrong for a UK keyboard ; can I change it via a config file?

It is driving me mad trying to work out where a hash is or a slash!

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Worked out to get a # character, had the US mapping for some reason.

Anyway, commented out that entry, then started x with xinit - it crashed:
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
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