Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:46:22 +0300 From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro> To: "'new.xs4all.nl'" <kapteyn@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: starting KDE and so on Message-ID: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D8F7@URANUS>
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> From: new.xs4all.nl [mailto:kapteyn@xs4all.nl] > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 1:02 PM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: starting KDE and so on > > > Now, After all those nice words about Free BSD I tried it. > I downloaded teh ISO image and started installing. > After a while I decided to use FTP, because the ISO image > does not have all > the correct contents (that will cost another full day phone > bill... :-)) > > But now, when i cab start up Free bsd i want to get into a > graphical shell. > I mount the cdrom, then try to start kde by typing kde. > It starts looking for all sorts of things and gives messages that a > connection to the Xserver could not be made. You have to have X running before starting kde or other windowmanager. To do so, just edit the ".xinitrc" file in your home directory (or create a new one) and put the following line in this file: exec kde (to edit .xinitrc, just type "ee xinitrc") After this, type "startx". This will start the X server, will look in the .xinitrc file and will start what is there (ie, kde). For more configuration of X, I recommend you to take a look at the /stand/sysinstall utility, section Configure/XFree86 > > First of all: what commands do i have to give in a standard > situation (i am > logged in as root) to start kde or gnome sessions? See above; however, I don't recommend you to run X/kde/gnome logged as root; create an usual account and use root only for configuration/administration. > Secondly: where can i find the appropriate manual on the > internet to find > these commands? first, try "man whatcommanddoyouwant"; on the internet there plenty of tutorials; see www.freebsd.tutorials, www.freebsd.handbook and so on. > > Third: should i download /configure a specific part of my > installation to > be able to start kde or gnome? You should have everything you need now on the CD. > > If anyone can help me? Thanx!! > > regards, Wim > Stefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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