If you want KDE to start when you startx, put "startkde" in your .xinitrc. As for the nv driver, its not a kernel driver, its an Xorg driver. It's been drop since it sucks ****. Instead try nouveau: pacman -S extra/xf86-video-nouveau 2009/4/22 David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Holloway wrote: > > 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 > > > > Herein lies the problem, I have no ~/.xinitrc, > > [15:01 archangel:/etc/X11] # l /home/david > total 80 > drwx------ 10 david 1052 4096 2009-04-22 04:20 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-04-21 00:07 .. > -rw------- 1 david david 0 2009-04-22 04:20 .Xauthority > -rw-r--r-- 1 david 1052 1510 2009-04-22 04:21 .bash_history > -rw-r--r-- 1 david 1052 16 2009-01-28 13:30 .bash_profile > -rw-r--r-- 1 david 1052 7019 2009-04-21 22:56 .bashrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 108 2009-04-21 00:12 .bashrc.sav > -rw-r--r-- 1 david david 6855 2009-04-21 00:12 .bashrc~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 david 1052 0 2009-04-20 23:53 .fonts > -rw-r--r-- 1 david 1052 0 2009-04-20 23:53 .inputrc > drwxr-xr-x 3 david david 4096 2009-04-21 13:05 .kde > -rw------- 1 david david 128 2009-04-21 00:13 .my.cnf > drwxr-xr-x 2 david david 4096 2009-04-21 13:05 .qt > drwx------ 2 david david 4096 2009-04-21 13:06 .ssh > -rw------- 1 david david 1723 2009-04-21 23:21 .viminfo > -rwxr-xr-x 1 david david 1446 2009-04-22 02:03 .xinitrc.template > drwxr-xr-x 2 david 1052 4096 2009-04-21 16:16 Documents > drwxr-xr-x 2 david 1052 4096 2009-04-21 23:34 bin > drwxr-xr-x 3 david david 4096 2009-04-21 17:29 linux > drwxr-xr-x 2 david 1052 4096 2009-04-20 23:51 public_html > drwxr-xr-x 2 david 1052 4096 2009-04-20 23:51 tmp > > The .xinitrc.template above is just what I copied from openSuSE that > I've been > picking through to come up with an .xinitrc that will work. I haven't had > time > to completely finish messing with it yet, but that's for this evening. > After > comments, I think my approach will be to mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf to > xorg.conf.sav, regen an xorg.conf with nvidia-config and failing that, > remove > xorg.conf all together and try it that way. I'll report back. > > One other question. I wasn't able to locate the nv opensource kernel > module. > Anybody know where it's hidden just in case the nvidia driver itself > refuses to > work? Thanks. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com >
