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Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> writes:

> sorry forgot to mention I am running it on a dell optiplex gx620 ..
> thanks in advance
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:16 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?

Do you have /usr/local/kde4/bin in your path?

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