Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:50:41 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: James <effdefender@earthlink.net> Cc: Freebsd-questions <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Getting KDE to work Message-ID: <20020630185041.G2920@fishballoon.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <000f01c2205c$82adbf20$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>; from effdefender@earthlink.net on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:35:21AM -0700 References: <000f01c2205c$82adbf20$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>
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On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:35:21AM -0700, James wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD (thought I have basic experience using Solaris, I'm > pretty new to UNIX). Thank you everyone for your help so far. > I had a lot of trouble getting KDE to work, but I finally did a "make > install clean" on KDE3. It successfully installed. I've installed XFree86 > version 4.2. I can't seem to get KDE to run. > > I type: #startkde > and it then spits back: > > xsetroot: unable to open display '' > xset: unable to open display "" > ksplash: cannot connect to X server > kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. > ksmserver: cannot connect to X server > Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory > Error: Can't contact kdeinit! > > > My guess is that I need to set the display somehow (though I could be > wrong). How would I do this? I've run through the /stand/sysinstall > installation for XFree86 3 times. Is X already running when you run startkde? Startkde is just a script that kicks off various KDE processes -- it doesn't actually start X for you. Try creating a file in your home directory called '.xinitrc' containing a single line 'startkde'. You might need to make .xinitrc executable (chmod 755 ~/.xinitrc). Then start X with the command 'startx'. This should fire up the X server then run all the KDE stuff. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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