From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 13:58:01 2010 Return-Path: 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 D52BB106566B for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:58:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bluethundr@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 61EBE8FC08 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so2536735bwz.13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:58:00 -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:to:cc:content-type; bh=SZHjKtEFfyg+tUihHbL2Pu1G1v3UlZlwyhCzD4A5VJw=; b=ZXCqEyprI8P4aVYGuADvEP2amUggeu96jaMu6kUCgpZZjJgTjB5ImuOxqY5iIDsinD CgTfEAqk5hvL3YSBsClmII5LCX4/H6e3PkFOOzfivq9iU3QcFcgg4YOmJSuew6wZ646N F0OQuMAgbO4+wb8wbmTrAWEDOKY26RzJrjpGI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=uuNSSaZx4JbZmUNSlSKkFnEQYMsrhL++W3NGsW+Aiv5/lP8Cdl12r/KXWDU5Ejm9CZ xqqS34YMV77xPy9fmmAGOAYFfcj6jNjxqQ6SO2OFJskteG45jQVJ3qcfsZw3XrGu21yV KJlJAOmpxDXb5VSa4Sp6uilCMRDayNcj4PizU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.102.78 with SMTP id f14mr3121147bko.30.1288360678387; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:57:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.81.153 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:57:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:57:58 -0400 Message-ID: From: Tim Dunphy To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:58:01 -0000 Hey guys, Yes xorg is installed: [bluethundr@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ pkg_info -Ix xorg-7 xorg-7.5 X.Org complete distribution metaport But startkde does not appear to be in /usr/local/kde4/bin [bluethundr@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ ls checkXML kjs dolphin kjscmd kappfinder konqueror kbookmarkmerger konsole kbuildsycoca4 konsoleprofile kconfig_compiler kross kcookiejar4 kshell4 kde4-config kunittestmodrunner kded4 kwrapper4 kdeinit4 kwrite kdeinit4_shutdown makekdewidgets kdeinit4_wrapper meinproc4 kdepasswd nepomuk-rcgen kdialog nspluginscan keditbookmarks nspluginviewer kfind preparetips kfmclient servicemenudeinstallation kinfocenter servicemenuinstallation I have so far only installed kde4base.. I am attempting to install the full KDE 4... thanks for your help On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Tim Dunphy wrote: > >> 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? > > Is xorg installed? > > % pkg_info -Ix xorg-7 > > If it's installed, rehash. > -- Here's my RSA Public key: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5A4873A9 Share and enjoy!!