13.2 doesn't load KDE after gui login

[GabrieleMax]

Hi guys,

I installed KDE by desktop-installer, after it I did a reboot and if I login by root and write "startx" the system loads KDE, when I do the same by the normal user after "startx" the system loads x and not KDE!

I tried this way https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD/Setup so I did:

• pkg install --quiet --yes kde5 plasma5-sddm-kcm sddm xorg
• sysrc dbus_enable="YES" && service dbus start
• sysrc sddm_enable="YES" && service sddm start

After the above command I did a reboot and now the system automatically load KDE but when I try to insert the password of the root user or of the normal user the system freeze and this is what happen https://ibb.co/9H4DLYg and I should open a terminal to reboot the system because I can't go further!

I never had a working KDE on FreeBSD

 

[YYY__]

If you are the one and only user for the graphical user interface with X11 like KDE. pw groupmod video -m the-one-and-only-kde-user

From guide.

Try Desktop session: X11 in SDDM.

 

[Emrion]

For the moment, disable sddm. Check if you have a file named .xinitrc in /root and if there is, copy it in the home dir of your user. I write this because you said it worked with the root user. Then you have just to run startx under your normal user.

If nothing works, read this: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/desktop/
Paragraph 8.2.1.

 

[VladiBG]

FreeBSD/Setup - KDE Community Wiki

community.kde.org

when logging in, avoid the Plasma (Wayland) … default that's presented by sddm – for Plasma, Wayland is not yet reliable.

In the bottom left corner select "Desktop Session: Plasma(X11)" then enter your username and password.