more kdm questions

[Bill Moran]

Brett Wiggins <bawig1 at student.monash.edu> wrote:

> > Did you set the hostname ?
> > 
> >
> This is going to sound like a stupid question but how do I set the 
> hostname? I searched the archive for 'kdm hostname' and found nothing.

Set the hostname for the machine.  For temporary (and testing) you can use
the "hostname" command from a shell prompt.  To get it set for good, add a
line like:
hostname="my.host.name"
in /etc/rc.conf

Make sure that the name you choose is either in DNS, or you enter a matching
record in /etc/hosts.  Otherwise, you'll have problems with applications running
slowly, or not starting at all because they try to verify the hostname.

> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Brett
>  
> >> hello (again),
> >>              I am still having some problems with kdm, I have 
> >> searched 
> >> (again) the archives and the handbook. Below are the steps I took, 
> >> files I edited during setup. After I installed the X window system 
> >> and 
> >> KDE I created the file ~/.xinitrc which contains;
> >>               
> >>                       exec startkde
> >> 
> >>> after I created the file I could use startx to run KDE.
> >> 
> >> I then setup KDM by editing the file 
> >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession. I 
> >> added the following to the file;
> >> 
> >>                    case $# in
> >>                    1)
> >>                        case $1 in
> >>                         kde)
> >>                              exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
> >>                              ;;
> >>                        failsafe)
> >>                               exec xtem -geometry 80x24-0-0
> >>                               ;;
> >>                        esac
> >>                     esac 
> >> Finally I added the following to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0;
> >> 
> >>                  /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop                       
> >> 
> >> KDM loads but when I log in nothing happens, I just end up back at 
> >> the 
> >> login screen. This is all the info I can think of. If I missed any 
> >> please let me know.
> >> 
> >> Thanks again
> >> 
> >> Brett
> >> 
>  
> 
> 
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