Not sure what happens with the startx stuff, but if I skip that step, 
everything seems to work.

I think I have a working sequence of steps.  I post it here for other 
newbies like me who spend hours reading readme files just to get to a usable 
GUI.  Perhaps someone can add these steps to an i386 FAQ or some quick start 
or something.

NINE EASY STEPS TO INSTALL KDE ON NETBSD
1.  Boot off CD 8 of 8 from the 1.6.1 i386pkg
2.  Configure network settings within sysinst
3.  install
3.a.  use a default disklabel "standard with X"
3.b.  full install -- all sets
4.  reboot and login as root
5.  xf86cfg to configure X, but do not start X
6.  pkg_add ghostscript-esp from disk 1 of 8 of 1.6.1
i368pkg
(should be done through KDE install, but it missed this ghostscript for some 
reason)
7.  pkg_add kde -- should install 3.0.5.1 from disk 1 of 8 of 1.6.1
i368pkg
8.  kdm
9.  you can also add the following line to the bottom of your /etc/rc.local 
file to make kdm start automatically on powerup --> /usr/X11R6/bin/kdm

Thanks,
Chris.


>From: "Chris Budd" <budd_iq80321@hotmail.com>
>To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>Subject: Steps to install/config KDE/kdm
>Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:37:16 -0700
>
>Let me prefix my question with the fact that I had KDE and kdm up and 
>running just fine.  Something got stuck in KDE, I rebooted, and now I 
>cannot get it back.  I tried to reinstall KDE, I have even tried a complete 
>reinstall of NetBSD.  I cannot figure out the exact sequence of steps I 
>performed to get KDE and kdm to work the first time.
>
>Therefore, my question is what steps do you follow to install and configure 
>KDE/kdm?  Please do not ask me to upgrade or recompile or anything like 
>that; if you use KDE/kdm, how do you go about installing it on a brand new 
>box?
>
>Here are the steps I followed unsuccessfully:
>
>1.  Boot off CD 8 of 8 from the 1.6.1 i386pkg
>2.  Configure network settings within sysinst
>3.  install
>3.a.  use a default disklabel "standard with X"
>3.b.  full install -- all sets
>4.  reboot and login as root
>5.  xf86cfg to configure X
>6.  startx
>7.  pkg_add kde -- should install 3.0.5.1 from disk 1 of 8 of 1.6.1 i368pkg
>(7.a. complains about ghost script, but it did the first time as well; I 
>know I can fix it by installing ghostscript from some other CD first; so I 
>am not concerned)
>8.  reboot and login as root
>9.  startx
>10.  startkde from within X and personalize KDE -- this works, but it is 
>not as good as kdm
>11.  reboot and login as root
>12.  kdm
>
>When I attempt to login to kdm, it just brings me right back to the login 
>screen.  Eventually, after a couple attempts, it goes back to the prompt 
>stating it restarted too fast or something like that.
>
>Note that if I run xdm instead; it, too, seems to have a problem as it will 
>prompt for a session, and the only option is "fail safe" or something.  
>When I select this option, the screen is empty with just the "X" mouse 
>pointer.
>
>If you use KDE/kdm, what steps do you follow?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris.
>
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