Operational Question

modelt20 at canada.com modelt20 at canada.com
Sun Apr 10 11:26:09 PDT 2005


Hello:

This is not a bug report, rather, its a question about
the functionality of the freeBSD system.

When freeBSD first comes up, its at the UNIX prompt.
(Thats what I want). Sometimes, however, I like to use
the KDE graphic interface because its 'pretty' and
offers some simplified tasks. I wouldn't want to use it
all the time, however.

To launch KDE, I first type 'startx'. It loads
normally. In the xterm screen, I type 'startkde', and
KDE starts fine. I do what I need to in KDE, and want
to return to UNIX. Now, I log out of KDE (in the usual
way), and I'm back to the X screens. In the 'login'
screen, I type 'exit', and I'm back to the UNIX prompt.
All works as expected.

Now, I'd like to go back into KDE, but I don't want to
reboot first. I again type 'startx' and the X screens
appear normally. In the xterm screen, I type
'startkde', but this time, KDE loads strangely. There
is no command bar along the bottom, and the background
appears to fill the screen. Only two icons appear, one
for 'home' and one for 'trash'. 

With a little investigation, it appears the command bar
loaded before the background, and is covered by the
background window. How do I make this stop happening?

Thanks for your help.

Harry


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