[kde-freebsd] kdm fails automatic startup on clean install of 9 RC1

[Adam Vande More]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore at gmail.com>wrote:

> After installing KDE4 on a fresh install of FreeBSD 9 RC1, I'm presented
> with these messages on the console[notice X path]:
>
> Oct 26 18:17:59 laptop kdm-bin[1864]: X server "/usr/bin/X" cannot be
> executed
> Oct 26 18:17:59 laptop kdm-bin[1629]: X server for display :0 cannot be
> started, session disabled
> Oct 26 18:17:59 laptop kdm-bin[1599]: Cannot lock pid file
> /var/run/kdm.pid, another xdm is running (pid 1629)
>
> This is my rc.conf
>
> wlans_ipw0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> zfs_enable="YES"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> moused_flags="-3"
> hald_enable="YES"
> dbus_enable="YES"
> local_startup="${local_startup} /usr/local/kde4/etc/rc.d"
> kdm4_enable="YES"
> linux_enable="YES"
>
> When started with startx, I get the KDE4 desktop so that seems to be
> working fine at least that far.
>

A soft link works around the problem, but I'm not sure where the problem is
coming in from.  This is a current ports tree.

-- 
Adam Vande More
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