From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 30 10:50:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC4E37B401 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9945643E09 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([80.4.0.215]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020630175043.WXLT2755.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:50:43 +0100 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5UHogV19771; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:50:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5UHof0g019730; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:50:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:50:41 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: James Cc: Freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Getting KDE to work Message-ID: <20020630185041.G2920@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <000f01c2205c$82adbf20$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000f01c2205c$82adbf20$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>; from effdefender@earthlink.net on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:35:21AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:35:21AM -0700, James wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD (thought I have basic experience using Solaris, I'm > pretty new to UNIX). Thank you everyone for your help so far. > I had a lot of trouble getting KDE to work, but I finally did a "make > install clean" on KDE3. It successfully installed. I've installed XFree86 > version 4.2. I can't seem to get KDE to run. > > I type: #startkde > and it then spits back: > > xsetroot: unable to open display '' > xset: unable to open display "" > ksplash: cannot connect to X server > kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. > ksmserver: cannot connect to X server > Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory > Error: Can't contact kdeinit! > > > My guess is that I need to set the display somehow (though I could be > wrong). How would I do this? I've run through the /stand/sysinstall > installation for XFree86 3 times. Is X already running when you run startkde? Startkde is just a script that kicks off various KDE processes -- it doesn't actually start X for you. Try creating a file in your home directory called '.xinitrc' containing a single line 'startkde'. You might need to make .xinitrc executable (chmod 755 ~/.xinitrc). Then start X with the command 'startx'. This should fire up the X server then run all the KDE stuff. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message