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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:59:57 -0500
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        Laszlo Antal <lantal@tmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to start KDE?
Message-ID:  <411A88CD.2040203@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <1092248533.1D594DE@s5.dngr.org>
References:  <1092248533.1D594DE@s5.dngr.org>

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Laszlo Antal wrote:
> Hi,
> I am newbie to freebsd. I just start it.
> I installed KDE when I installd the os.
> I do everything from the book I got.(The Complet FreeBSD 4th edition)
> Everything was going fine until the book telling me to CREATE A FILE
> " .xinitrc " in my home directory.
> Well, How can I do that?? and why do I need it?
> I installed only KDE so would it work if I will only type " startx" ??
> 
> I have not try to do it yet becouse I don't want to mess up anything.
> Thank you for all the help advance
> 
> Laszlo

To create the .xinitrc:

echo "exec startkde" > .xinitrc

Then type startx


-- 
Best regards,
Chris

Never argue with an artist.



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