Re: Cannot start CDE

From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:31:04 UTC
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:26 PM Daniel Cervus <DanieltheDeer@outlook.com>
wrote:

> Hello, I am trying to install CDE to have a look of it. After installing
> Xorg using pkg on 12.3-Release, I installed CDE through package, and follow
> the instructions on the pkg message:
>
> This is ancient software that is ported for curiosity purposes. It is
> unlikely to be useful in everyday use, and should not be used in untrusted
> environments as there are highly likely to be unresolved security issues.
> It is also necessary to enable the Subprocess Control Service (and dtcms
> for the calendar to work). # sysrc rpcbind_enable=yes # sysrc
> dtcms_enable=yes # sysrc inetd_enable=yes # service rpcbind start &&
> service dtcms start and Add the following line to /etc/inetd.conf: dtspc
> stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/dt/bin/dtspcd /usr/local/dt/bin/dtspcd
> and to /etc/services: dtspc 6112/tcp # CDE Subprocess Control Service To
> start the Common Desktop Environment, % ln -s /usr/local/dt/bin/Xsession
> ~/.Xsession % env LANG=C startx If you want to use dtlogin as well, you'll
> need to create /usr/local/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config and add this line:
> allowed_users=anybody
> But it just started XDM, what’s wrong with it?
>
have you looked in /var/log/X*.log (don't have the precise name nor a
FreeBSD system handy)?
Also, there may be a file ".xsession-error*" in your $HOME - check whether
there's anything useful there.

HTH
Michael


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