Operational Question

[Alexey Vesnin]

modelt20 at canada.com wrote:

>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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It's a common problem - KDE processes sometimes need about two minutes 
to completely shut down. To avoid that problem just use .xinitrc macros 
- It works fine. I like to use XTerm too, and I'm just autolaunching it 
while I'm booting my X-Windows in same .xinitrc file. Refer  to theese 
manuals - xinit and startx . That manuals are all that you need here. By 
the way - if you're assembling KDE from sources, try using gcc40 from 
ports collection - edit your makefiles. It will add about 20% of 
perfomance - I verified this fact on many different hardware 
configurations. Perfomance increases from 15 to 20 percents, and it's a 
permanent effect. Feel free to contact me if you'll have further 
questions - I like KDE too ;)

Alexey "Steel Scorpion 666" Vesnin
http://ss666.ru
ICQ 31686351

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