Setting up kdm

[rahulsinner]

Hi,

How do you set kdm as your login manager?

I guess making an entry in /etc/ttys will do the trick.

ttyv8 "/usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure


Are there any other gotchas? I don't exactly remember the error but I got stuck when I tried this. Will post the output next time I try this.

[SirDice]

I don't use KDE myself but this might help:
http://freebsd.kde.org/faq.php

[SeanC]

That /etc/ttys entry should work. Please post any error messages you get.

[DutchDaemon]

Did you edit /etc/ttys without reloading init? Try kill -HUP 1.

[phoenix]

You can also use an RC script like the one posted here. (http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=19249&postcount=15)