Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:26:59 -0500 From: dave <dave@asylum.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is my KDE? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040107111828.00b73050@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200401070958.24023.algould@datawok.com> References: <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB467F54E@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae> <1691D8C9A2220149A8AF30209B5D0EB467F54E@sc3.shuaacapital.co.ae>
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At 10:58 AM 1/7/2004, you wrote: >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On Wednesday 07 January 2004 09:44 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: >> > >I installed kdebase along with other packages using pkg_add but I cannot > >run start-kde. Why? Where is my KDE files that I installed are located? >> > >TIA. >> > >Mazen >There is a meta-port "kde3" that will install the desktop environment. There >is also a comparable package on the ftp sites. > >Once KDE is properly installed, enter "startkde" (without quotation marks) >into ~/.xinitrc and execute startx. Also make sure you have an Xserver that works. This is how I do it: X -configure follow directions moving XF86Config.new to /etc/X11/XF86Config install kde3 the metaport: cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 && make install create file .xinitrc with startkde in it startx with whatever options you want to startx with I use: startx -- -depth 24 works for me. dave
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