start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread Tim Dunphy
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! -- H

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread Tim Dunphy
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 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

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread justin v
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:24:19 -0700, Tim Dunphy wrote: 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 wrote: hey guys, I have kdebase4 installed successfully under freebsd 8.1 I found the following adv

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread Liontaur
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Tim Dunphy 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

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread Carl Johnson
Tim Dunphy 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 wrote: >> hey guys, >> I have kdebase4 installed successfully under freebsd 8.1 >> I found the following advice on the net with so far isn

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-28 Thread Warren Block
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

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-29 Thread Tim Dunphy
Hey guys, Yes xorg is installed: [bluethu...@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ pkg_info -Ix xorg-7 xorg-7.5X.Org complete distribution metaport But startkde does not appear to be in /usr/local/kde4/bin [bluethu...@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ ls checkXMLkjs dolphin

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-29 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Tim Dunphy wrote: Hey guys, Yes xorg is installed: [bluethu...@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ pkg_info -Ix xorg-7 xorg-7.5X.Org complete distribution metaport But startkde does not appear to be in /usr/local/kde4/bin ... I have so far only installed kde4base..

Re: start kde in 8.1

2010-10-29 Thread Tim Dunphy
definitely on it!! it takes a while but I'm sure it'll be worth it... thanks On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Tim Dunphy wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> Yes xorg is installed: >> >> [bluethu...@bsd1 /usr/local/kde4/bin]$ pkg_info -Ix xorg-7 >> xorg-7.5