Fail to start KDE

[Stephen Liu]

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>>/usr/local/etc/rc.d  is a directory.  Whether you recommend to create a 
>>file with only a single line :- 'Kdm &' (without quote) on it and save 
>>it to  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
>>
>>Shall I 'chmod 775' the file created?  Files in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ 
>>directory have an extension '.h'.  Shall I name the file as xxx.h?
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>The "&" makes it run the command as a background job, so that the
>prompt re-appears immedidately, and you can go on working in that
>shell.  In this case, it just means that if you go back to
>that virtual terminal (with CTRL-Alt-F1 or whatever) you can run
>more commands outside KDE.
>
>I think the rule for scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d is that they
>will all be run on startup, provided they are executable.  The
>convention is to name them "xxx.sh", but I don't know if that is
>actually required.  So a chmod 500 should be the minimum required
>permissions (-r-x------), and 755 will work OK.
>  
>
Hi Mike,

Tks for your advice.

Have tried following version without success

 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/kguilogin.sh
#! /bin/sh
1) kdm &
2) exec "kdm &"
3) kdm
4) xinit kdm
5) xinit /usr/local/bin/kdm --
6) xinit /usr/local/bin/kdm

B.R.
Stephen