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marc
01-28-2007, 03:03 PM
Howdy
I`ve just installed the newest XFCE4, I did it with pkg_add, not the ports.
When I try to log into the system through kdm, it blinks the screen
and always comes back to the kdm.
I tried to launch it from the safe mode with:

startxfce4

but it gave me the following error:

startxfce4
/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0.0
Agent pid 1170
xscreensaver: 16:56:16: already running on display :0.0 (window
0x800001)
from process 1004 (marc@NHCX).
Gtk-Qt theme engine warning:
Could not open /proc/1180/cmdline
This may cause problems for the GNOME window manager
Gtk-Qt theme engine warning:
Could not open /proc/1178/cmdline
This may cause problems for the GNOME window manager
Segmentation fault
unsetenv: not found
unsetenv: not found
Agent pid 1170 killed

Any ideas?
Apatewna
01-28-2007, 03:35 PM
How about going to /etc/ttys and disabling kdm totally? Then reboot to normal CLI (since you disabled kde startup) and try starting xfce again.

You can also try killing X using the PID number (kill <PID_number>).
marc
01-28-2007, 03:56 PM
Yes, but I think it`s XFCE-related problem, not KDM ...
well, I will try, thanks for suggestions Apatewna.
jdarnold
02-16-2007, 03:02 PM
Yeah, I would second Apatewna's suggestion to turn off kdm if you are playing with X window systems. Boot to the command line and run 'startx'. Put the command to start the X window system of choice in your ~/.xinitrc file. Here's what mine looks like:

#exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox
exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
#exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker

# XFCE4 startup
#exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4


I just remove the '#' when I want to start up a different one. Also, check out Dru's article on Xnest, where you can play with multiple ones at the same time:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/12 ... sicsg.html (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/12/07/freebsd_basicsg.html)
marc
02-20-2007, 02:44 PM
I`ve just found out, that I can run XFCE4 from within root account without any problem ... weird ...
Anyway, in normal user mode it complains about xscreensaver and some font paths.
Any ideas?