Hey there, On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:00:41AM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > I have found /etc/rc.d/kdm3, and I am searching for where it gets called by > startx -- any hints? Also, I'll try downgrading the nvidia driver, in the mean > time. One way is to put kdm3 in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Then it magically appears at boot time. If you want to start KDE through startx you have to edit your ~/.xinitrc. Greets