Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:22:57 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "new.xs4all.nl" <kapteyn@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: startup Kde?? Message-ID: <20000716.12225700@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <8ks16u$env$1@news1.xs4all.nl> References: <8ks16u$env$1@news1.xs4all.nl>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/16/00, 11:02:29 AM, "new.xs4all.nl" <kapteyn@xs4all.nl> wrote regarding startup Kde??: > Now, After all those nice words about Free BSD I tried it. > I downloaded teh ISO image and started installing. > After a while I decided to use FTP, because the ISO image does not have all > the correct contents (that will cost another full day phone bill... :-)) > But now, when i cab start up Free bsd i want to get into a graphical shell. > I mount the cdrom, then try to start kde by typing kde. > It starts looking for all sorts of things and gives messages that a > connection to the Xserver could not be made. > First of all: what commands do i have to give in a standard situation (i am > logged in as root) to start kde or gnome sessions? > Secondly: where can i find the appropriate manual on the internet to find > these commands? > Third: should i download /configure a specific part of my installation to > be able to start kde or gnome? > If anyone can help me? Thanx!! > regards, Wim Dear Wim, It is not quite clear to me what you have done, but I seem to understand you have somehow installed FreeBSD and (?) KDE. If this is the case, you may wish to do the following: 0) create a user account, and run ALL your fancy applications as a normal user; only use root as an *administrative* account for strictly *administrative* tasks; 1) in your home directory, typically /usr/home/your_user_name, create a .xinitrc file (yes, with an initial period) containing one single line: "exec startkde"; instead, if you want Gnome, you'll have to specify "exec gnome-session"; finally, if you want to be able to run both (not at the same time, of course), well, learn a little more, and/or browse the mail archives, which are found at http://www.freebsd.org/mail/ ... :-) 2) issue such a command as 'startx -- -nolisten tcp' (you will understand yourself the reason for this a little later); 3) carefully browse the FreeBSD main site http://www.freebsd.org: it contains a **large** amount of information (handbook, tutorials, interesting links, etc). If you don't know (yet) how to perform any of the tasks just described, don't worry: rather, begin reading the documentation (handbook, FAQ, tutorials, etc.) found on the FreeBSD site; alternatively, you can read a local copy of the docs on your own system, in /usr/share/doc/ as well as the man pages. Either way, you should soon be on business :-) Good luck, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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