From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 04:07:17 2004 Return-Path: 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 2964416A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:07:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from airbus.lido-tech.net (airbus.lido-tech.net [62.89.127.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F049E43D1D for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:07:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bernard.el-hagin@lido-tech.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.lido-tech.net [127.0.0.1]) by airbus.lido-tech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2549D4AD83 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:06:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from airbus.lido-tech.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (airbus.lido-tech.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52822-08 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:06:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from lido-tech.net (domino01.lido-tech [192.168.32.82]) by airbus.lido-tech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D9F4AD7B for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:06:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from gdndev25.lido-tech ([192.168.38.25]) by lido-tech.net (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with SMTP id 2004010613101334:299677 ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:10:13 +0100 From: Bernard El-Hagin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:04:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <42993.195.229.241.229.1073387088.squirrel@webmail.mazenalzogbi.com> <20040106111216.GA2304@madras.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20040106111216.GA2304@madras.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on Domino01.lido-tech/Lido-Tech(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 01/06/2004 01:10:13 PM,|July 24, 2002) at 01/06/2004 01:10:15 PM, Serialize complete at 01/06/2004 01:10:15 PM Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: XFree86 & Desktop installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bernard.el-hagin@lido-tech.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 12:07:17 -0000 owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: >On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:04:48AM -0800, freebsd@mazenalzogbi.com = wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> I already configured the XFree86 on my FreeBSD system and I want to = run >> the KDE or Gnome desktop applications. How is this possible. >>=20 >> I appreciate your help. Totally newbie here :) >=20 >If you have the time, patience and disk space, you could: > >for gnome: ># cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 ># make install clean > >for kde: ># cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 ># make install clean > >Or just install the packages (will fetch from the ftp servers) ># pkg_add -r kde >or ># pkg_add -r gnome2 And then, after they're installed put the following in ~/.xinitrc: exec start-kde, if you want KDE or exec gnome-session, if you want Gnome. --=20 Cheers, Bernard