Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Hi, I have a problem when I try to lauch KDE or TWM with KMD. After I entered the login and password, under KDM window, after a while I have the message : "the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE could not find 'iceauth in path KDE is unable to start" With TWM I don't have any message, but it does not work too. I launch KDM as a root user, and don't set up any environment variable before. Any ideas ? Thanks. Frank.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
On Mon, October 2, 2006 4:12 am, Frank Petitjean wrote: > After I entered the login and password, under KDM window, after a while I > have the message : > "the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE > could not find 'iceauth in path > KDE is unable to start" > > With TWM I don't have any message, but it does not work too. > > I launch KDM as a root user, and don't set up any environment variable > before. What does 'which iceauth' show? Perhaps a package is missing?
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Well, I'm just a french guy. But I met that a couple of times. I guess that there is a line somewhere which still refers to /usr/X11R6. So that's what I wrote in my shell : #ln -s /usr/pkg/xorg /usr/X11R6 It worked for me. Justin C. Sherrill wrote: On Mon, October 2, 2006 4:12 am, Frank Petitjean wrote: After I entered the login and password, under KDM window, after a while I have the message : "the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE could not find 'iceauth in path KDE is unable to start" With TWM I don't have any message, but it does not work too. I launch KDM as a root user, and don't set up any environment variable before. What does 'which iceauth' show? Perhaps a package is missing? Frank Petitjean wrote: Hi, I have a problem when I try to lauch KDE or TWM with KMD. After I entered the login and password, under KDM window, after a while I have the message : "the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE could not find 'iceauth in path KDE is unable to start" With TWM I don't have any message, but it does not work too. I launch KDM as a root user, and don't set up any environment variable before. Any ideas ? Thanks. Frank.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:35:53 +0200, David Aubril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: Well, I'm just a french guy. But I met that a couple of times. I guess that there is a line somewhere which still refers to /usr/X11R6. So that's what I wrote in my shell : #ln -s /usr/pkg/xorg /usr/X11R6 It worked for me. Thanks David, it works fine. I just had to change the location from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11. Do you know whether it is possible to install a package like xorg to its normal location (ie /usr/X11) ? Frank.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:12:13 +0200, Frank Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: Am additional question about KDM : I installed cups on my computer and it now appears among the user choices at kdm start up. Is it normal ? and how is it possible to remove it from the users ? THanks.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Frank Petitjean wrote: > > Well, I'm just a french guy. But I met that a couple of times. I guess that > > there is a line somewhere which still refers to /usr/X11R6. So that's what I > > wrote in my shell : > > #ln -s /usr/pkg/xorg /usr/X11R6 > > It worked for me. > > > > Thanks David, it works fine. > I just had to change the location from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11. > > Do you know whether it is possible to install a package like xorg to its > normal location (ie /usr/X11) ? Note that /usr/X11 is not normal. Xorg works fine installed using defaults (/usr/pkg/xorg) or using /usr/X11R6/. I may have misunderstood the earlier emails in this thread. ... But I think it would better to fix the problem itself instead of creating un-needed symlinks or moving X around.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
there is an option in the configuration file ( maybe kdm.conf somewhere in /usr/pkg/share... not sure ) which let you hide the users you decide. Frank Petitjean wrote: Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:12:13 +0200, Frank Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: Am additional question about KDM : I installed cups on my computer and it now appears among the user choices at kdm start up. Is it normal ? and how is it possible to remove it from the users ? THanks.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
well, i know you can do that. There's some option you have to set in mk.conf. ( look at /usr/pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example ). But it seems that's the best way to get everything working. I think I tried, and it didn't work better. Frank Petitjean wrote: Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:35:53 +0200, David Aubril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: Well, I'm just a french guy. But I met that a couple of times. I guess that there is a line somewhere which still refers to /usr/X11R6. So that's what I wrote in my shell : #ln -s /usr/pkg/xorg /usr/X11R6 It worked for me. Thanks David, it works fine. I just had to change the location from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11. Do you know whether it is possible to install a package like xorg to its normal location (ie /usr/X11) ? Frank.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Am Dienstag, 3. Oktober 2006 19:38 schrieb Frank Petitjean: > Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:12:13 +0200, Frank Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > a écrit: > > Am additional question about KDM : > I installed cups on my computer and it now appears among the user choices > at kdm start up. > > Is it normal ? Yes > and how is it possible to remove it from the users ? You can change this in kcontrol. BTW: If you want to use cups, you must build kdelibs from source with the cups-option. Please have a look at the KDE-howto of the DFly Wiki: http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.cgi/HowToKde?highlight=%28HowTo%29 Thomas
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Of course it would be better. But if you install the xorg meta-package, it just doesn't work. You have two options : 1°) look through all the config files to find the wrong line(s) and correct it (them); 2°) create this symlink. Well, I tried the first, but didn't find a way to fix it. If you can, tell me. I'd be pleased to remove this un-needed symlink. Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Frank Petitjean wrote: Well, I'm just a french guy. But I met that a couple of times. I guess that there is a line somewhere which still refers to /usr/X11R6. So that's what I wrote in my shell : #ln -s /usr/pkg/xorg /usr/X11R6 It worked for me. Thanks David, it works fine. I just had to change the location from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11. Do you know whether it is possible to install a package like xorg to its normal location (ie /usr/X11) ? Note that /usr/X11 is not normal. Xorg works fine installed using defaults (/usr/pkg/xorg) or using /usr/X11R6/. I may have misunderstood the earlier emails in this thread. ... But I think it would better to fix the problem itself instead of creating un-needed symlinks or moving X around.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:38:36PM +0200, Frank Petitjean wrote: > Le Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:12:13 +0200, Frank Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > a écrit: > > Am additional question about KDM : > I installed cups on my computer and it now appears among the user choices > at kdm start up. > > Is it normal ? and how is it possible to remove it from the users ? Create your "system users" and "human users" in a different uid range and configure KDM to only display users in the human uid range. Geert
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
BTW: If you want to use cups, you must build kdelibs from source with the cups-option. Please have a look at the KDE-howto of the DFly Wiki: http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.cgi/HowToKde?highlight=%28HowTo%29 Thomas Thanks Thomas, next time will try to read the wiki too. I tend to focus on the handbook. For the moment I think I won't use cups. I figure out that my printer is not supported. Does any one know "who" is the user "Cyrus" ? and why my root is called root & Charly on KDM ? Frank.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Frank Petitjean wrote: > Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:30:26 +0200 > From: Frank Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: dragonfly.users > Subject: Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM > Does any one know "who" is the user "Cyrus" ? and why my root is called root & > Charly on KDM ? The user 'cyrus' belongs to the cyrus-sasl package, which is required by the kde-base package. 'Charlie Root' is the 'full name' of root, as opposed to the user-name. That's the name that appears on email which is sent to root by cron, etc. That name seems to be a BSD tradition. I'm sure you can change it to anything you like.
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Am Freitag, 6. Oktober 2006 16:30 schrieb Frank Petitjean: > > Does any one know "who" is the user "Cyrus" ? and why my root is called > root & Charly on KDM ? Frank, cyrus is a user account for the application cyrus(-sasl), an IMAP-server you seem to have installed (try pkg_info | grep cyrus). Thomas
Re: Can't start KDE or TWM with KDM
Le Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:13:57 +0200, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: Thanks Thomas and Walt.