Setting up kdm

rahulsinner · Apr 23, 2009

Hi,

How do you set kdm as your login manager?

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

Code:

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 · Apr 23, 2009

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

SeanC · Apr 23, 2009

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

DutchDaemon · Apr 23, 2009

Did you edit /etc/ttys without reloading init? Try

Code:

kill -HUP 1

.

phoenix · Apr 23, 2009

You can also use an RC script like the one posted here.