From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Oct 29 03:59:52 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E78C6106566C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:59:52 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from liontaur@gmail.com)
Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com
	[209.85.214.54])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E25A8FC1B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:59:52 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so2210822bwz.13
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
	h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to
	:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc:content-type;
	bh=NbGKo2jNbxi19thY+gVvtWK2GAV0Z53RP+J1o8XeF68=;
	b=SROAL54UcUuCkfGfRgOn2HPArDgVZjqSM8CVvzjxEFVrZ8dCUq+jO2sqnxvM6HE39Z
	6k8jNDpaNyrCkLfb1Ucm5PuMUOVj/SL9h8PWZS8mOUgscmMI+IUcQ9TgHXvPb016U2FN
	QsyAYKPBUMM0AD2hhcwZTKTwNnrQSwLxZBU5w=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
	h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc
	:content-type;
	b=Pv74Ib+Us7LPPERwZCj3mg9EQTYPZHLtoXKirz4af7ePG7rjfJhilvxBdQFBCG3YPQ
	N8o1aobyUBt039QckSCZ+I6ZtR9g/bb3qebiyMSGD7B1JAF7BeanmlpeJVDwG2OiwtV7
	pvpfVE/rwGk7oRSozKyb6XJ1CE561MszDM+aw=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.204.122.11 with SMTP id j11mr121148bkr.171.1288324791266; Thu,
	28 Oct 2010 20:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.204.4.196 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimeHoqVp4hyNGXsTsjz5_sVcUHE4nuJGKUOL4Rb@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTimeHoqVp4hyNGXsTsjz5_sVcUHE4nuJGKUOL4Rb@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:59:51 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTikVpOCxrGsEVwATtdmQaQqECftJ6eqpoM9a1OzP@mail.gmail.com>
From: Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5
Subject: Re: start kde in 8.1
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:59:53 -0000

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> wrote:

> hey guys,
>
>  I have kdebase4 installed successfully under freebsd 8.1
>
>  I found the following advice on the net with so far isn't working to start
> it:
>
>  echo "startkde" > ~/.xinitrc
>
>  I have attempted startx but the system doesn't know about it.
>
>  may I have a suggestion to proceed?
>
>  thanks!


For KDE4 it's
echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc

Mark