Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:47:16 +0200 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit Message-ID: <200504162047.16730.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <200504161057.29811.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <BE8712C0.267E%elichtner@wanadoo.fr> <200504161944.52060.danny@ricin.com> <200504161057.29811.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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<snip> > > You shouldn't copy xinit and you shouldn't use 'exec' to run > > startkde. Just put only 'startkde' (without the quotes) in your > > ~/.xinitrc instead. > > I don't use KDE as a desktop a lot (though I do use KMail and some other > apps), but I've always had exec startkde in my .xinitrc when I want to > use the whole KDE, and I've never run into any problems like the OP > described. In fact, I've never heard anyone advise what you did. Not to > doubt you, but I don't see the connection, as it's never been an issue > for me. Do you have a reference for this? > IIRC exec used to be needed for some reason, but that's been a while, merely startkde (which is just a shell script) will do. I agree that this doesn't explain OP's problem, but copying over xinit to .xinitrc and editing is not a great way to get started. Anyway, there must be a reason why kdeinit returns non-zero in startkde, and my first thought would be to run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/kdelibs.sh to make sure it can find the libraries it needs. (or reboot) HTH, Dan
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