Re: CDE on FreeBSD 14.0 Release

Hello!
After installing CDE:
# edit /etc/rc.conf
dtlogin_enable="YES"
or
# edit /etc/rc.local
/usr/local/dt/bin/dtlogin -nodaemon

# edit /usr/local/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
allowed_users=anybody

# shutdown -r now

There's nothing else you need to do

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 12:21 AM Rolf M. Dietze <rmd@orbit.in-berlin.de>
wrote:

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> Hi,
> sorry for this, user error...
>
> I did put a dtlogin_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf having the
> dtlogin copied to /usr/local/etc/rcd This did not work.
>
> Just having a /usr/local/dt/bin/dtlogin in /etc/rc.local as
> it is outlined in the link below, does work.
>
> Still, having an issue with dtspc upon startup, but CDE works fine
>
> /rmd
>
> Quoting "Rolf M. Dietze" <rmd@orbit.in-berlin.de>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > might be that I am on the wrong list for this, since my Problem
> > exists on 14.0Release.
> >
> > After an out of the box install of FreeBSD 14.0 Release and following
> >
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/setting-up-common-desktop-environment-for-modern-use.69475/
> > I am stuck with CDE. CDE loads, dtlogin starts an presents the login
> > or greeter window, but upon logging in I get a popup telling
> > "The desktop messaging system could not be started". Guess I am
> > missing some config steps. Any pointer for further reading?
> > I had CDE running on 13.2Release
> >
> > yours, Rolf
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