[vox-tech] KDE on FreeBSD Hanging on login

[Michael Benedetti]

Hello all,

This is my first post on this forum.  I did not find this issue in the 
archives, if it is a duplicate, I apologize.  Along the apology lines, 
I hope the lines are wrapping ok for you.

I am a newbie to FreeBSD.  I managed to get the install to work after 
three tries, and even configured it to boot directly to the KDE boot 
manager, where I can login.  I have a few minor issues, beginning with 
the inability to login using the KDE boot manager.  This behavior 
started as soon as I tried to use the KDE boot manager to start Gnome.  
(I wanted to automount the cd drives, and read that Gnome does this by 
default, while I was not able to accomplish this in KDE.  I am getting 
an error whenever I try to mount the CD in KDE.)

When I try to login using the graphical login screen, it acts like it 
will work, and then immediately returns to the graphical login screen.  
I have tried using the Menu button to choose the Session Type as KDE, 
but nothing seems to work.  The Console Login seems to be inoperative.  
I suppose I should be able to boot directly to a command prompt, but I 
don't know how to make that change at boot time.  Even if I manage to 
boot into console mode, I don't know where my configuration has been 
corrupted.

I also have a couple of minor issues with configuring printer, portable 
USB HD, and sound that I am hoping to work through.

If you have any suggestions, I am happy to try them.  I am considering 
the sledge-hammer approach of reinstallation, but I would prefer to 
learn a little more about the OS instead.

Thank you for your help.

Michael