HEADS UP: Possible transient breakage with kdm (kdebase)

[Michael Nottebrock]

If you are unable to login to X via kdm after portupgrading to the latest 
kdebase port and you're getting these or similar messages on the console

/kernel: Aug 13 17:12:10 kiste kdm: :0[447]: Can't execute 
"/usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xstartup": No such file or directory
/kernel: Aug 13 17:12:10 kiste kdm: :0[432]: Cannot execute startup script 
"/usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xstartup"
/kernel: Aug 13 17:12:10 kiste kdm: :0[448]: Can't execute 
"/usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xreset": No such file or directory
/kernel: Aug 13 17:12:12 kiste kdm: :0[458]: Can't execute 
"/usr/local/share/config/kdm/Xsetup": No such file or directory

please do the following:

1.) Copy /usr/local/share/config/kdm/kdmrc away to a safe place, for example 
your home directory ( cp /usr/local/share/config/kdm/kdmrc ~/ )

2.) Run, as root: genkdmconf --no-old

3.) Put your copy of kdmrc back to /usr/local/share/config/kdm/kdmrc (cp 
~/kdmrc /usr/local/share/config/kdm/ )

Optional step 4.) Run, as root: genkdmconf (without any options) to update 
your kdmrc to the lastest configfile format

Note for advanced users: Substitute /usr/local with your custom PREFIX if 
you're using one.

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   ,_,   | Michael Nottebrock               | lofi at freebsd.org
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