Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:17:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> To: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: startkde: cannot start kdeinit. Check your installation Message-ID: <20061014021716.69695.qmail@web31511.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200610132052.12263.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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--- "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 20:11, Karl Agee wrote: > > 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #4: Mon Oct > 2 > > 08:40:06 PDT 2006 > > > > I cannot start kde. Installed kde 3.5.4 from > pkg_add > > -r kde and everything installed fine. I put in my > > ~/.xinitrc file: > > > > startkde > > > > but I keep getting this error: > > > > /usr/local/bin/startkde: permission denied > > startkde: could not start kdeinit. check your > > installation > > > > I have changed the entry in .xinitrc to : > > exec startkde > > # and to > > /usr/local/bin/startkde > > > > with the same results. I also cannot start kde as > > root, I get the same thing. > > > > kdeinit is: > > > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 39876 Oct 6 01:18 > > /usr/local/bin/kdeinit > > > > > > > > > I have tried changing permissions on kdeinit but > with > > the same result. I have also removed the kdebase > > package and reinstalled it, but with the same > results. > > > > > > I've searched everywhere and have seen the same > > problems posted with different OS's and versions > of > > kde but nothing solid as to solutions. > > > > anybody got any ideas? > > > > > > chmod 555 /usr/local/bin/kdeinit > permisions should also be 555 for startkde > > You may have some other files permission problems. > > Don Don: I did that, same exact error. --Karl __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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