From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 03:16:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAA4106566B for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:16:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bluethundr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A24E8FC13 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so2195953bwz.13 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=YLpenWs5T5laNry+5X3u/AI/LVWc1PPfpHbpF08nzjc=; b=D7oqcJ6VvJLAAv3okQF45y+Bx+04zk8H69EwG4/01mMrvRPn6+ZV4oNRzePoyM1eXL i6ayytsm5PUwocWnkInF2Y3NAvjH6Q+Y9/jomeKOgBMUVzaXSlQaHjRFUMRSydMVGuZA 8xA+1XIMooM7TUUIFfvkCG0Sps+Ek+lkn/tSM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=DFN9sJlEkNMEHkFfIHxy4pKAiPPsh2b01iIiN8biQ3P+h70+N7z6zxuY0lJ2enGbBI 3oxCT1zv6pUfNHBf1m9mzccJDmct7Lr8zkttGVigiWIT7GrG1psOz3rNu/UOn70lWb4x 8IdnKHfxA5NhCe7HNij5fBagKWCbeXB5o83ds= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.69.132 with SMTP id z4mr8091529bki.7.1288322216327; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.81.153 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:16:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:16:56 -0400 Message-ID: From: Tim Dunphy To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: start kde in 8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:16:58 -0000 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! -- Here's my RSA Public key: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5A4873A9 Share and enjoy!!