svn commit: r42571 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11
Warren Block
wblock at FreeBSD.org
Thu Aug 22 21:33:54 UTC 2013
Author: wblock
Date: Thu Aug 22 21:33:53 2013
New Revision: 42571
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42571
Log:
Remove mention of KDE3 from the Handbook desktop environments section.
Modified patch from PR. Thanks to Hendrik Lugtenburg for his patience.
PR: docs/181353
Submitted by: Hendrik Lugtenburg <hendrik.lugtenburg at gmail.com>
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Thu Aug 22 20:36:35 2013 (r42570)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Thu Aug 22 21:33:53 2013 (r42571)
@@ -1581,15 +1581,6 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree
<application>KDE</application>, consult the <ulink
url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">KDE/FreeBSD
initiative</ulink>'s website.</para>
-
- <para>There are two versions of
- <application>KDE</application> available on FreeBSD.
- Version 3 has been around for a long time, and is still
- available in the Ports Collection though it's now
- unmaintained and partially broken. Version 4 is
- punctually updated and is the default choice for
- <application>KDE</application> users. They can even be
- installed side by side.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="x11-wm-kde-install">
@@ -1598,12 +1589,6 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree
<para>Just as with <application>GNOME</application> or any
other desktop environment, the software can be easily
installed from a package or the Ports Collection:</para>
-
- <para>To install the <application>KDE 3</application> package
- from the network, type:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde</userinput></screen>
-
<para>To install the <application>KDE 4</application> package
from the network, type:</para>
@@ -1612,29 +1597,30 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree
<para>&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest
version of the application.</para>
- <para>To build <application>KDE 3</application> from source,
- use the ports tree:</para>
+ <para>For <application>pkgng</application> users, the
+ equivalent command is:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install kde4</userinput></screen>
- <para>To build <application>KDE 4</application> from source,
+ <para>To build <application>KDE</application> from source,
use the ports tree:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The first time the port is installed, a menu will be
+ shown for selecting options. Accepting the defaults is
+ recommended.</para>
+
+ <para><application>KDE 4</application> is a large application,
+ and will take quite some time to compile even on a fast
+ computer.</para>
+
<para>After <application>KDE</application> has been installed,
the X server must be told to launch this application
instead of the default window manager. This is accomplished
by editing the <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para>
- <para>For <application>KDE 3</application>:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>:</para>
-
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
<para>Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with
@@ -1684,19 +1670,8 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree
<application>GNOME</application>, or something else) to
run after logging on.</para>
- <para>To enable <application>KDM</application>, different
- files need to be edited depending on the version of
- <application>KDE</application>.</para>
-
- <para>For <application>KDE 3</application>, the
- <literal>ttyv8</literal> entry in
- <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> has to be adapted as
- follows:</para>
-
- <programlisting>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure</programlisting>
-
- <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>, you have to mount
- &man.procfs.5; and add the following line to
+ <para><application>KDE 4</application> requires that
+ &man.procfs.5; be mounted, and this line must be added to
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting>
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