How to Start KDE?

[ViceRoy16]

Everytime I enter the code after I login into the console

% echo "yadda" > ~/.xintrc

I get a "too many arguments" error

 

[tangram]

Have a look at the FreeBSD's Handbook on desktop environments: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html on section 5.7.2.2.

Btw you should have posted in KDE's forum sections at http://forums.freebsd.org/forumdisplay.php?f=30.

 

[Beastie]

And it's .xinitrc, not .xintrc.

 

[ViceRoy16]

Have a look at the FreeBSD's Handbook on desktop environments: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html on section 5.7.2.2.

Btw you should have posted in KDE's forum sections at http://forums.freebsd.org/forumdisplay.php?f=30.

I followed the handbooks instructions but I get errors on doing so.

And it's .xinitrc, not .xintrc.

Was typing fast as I posted this thread.

 

[tangram]

For KDE3:

% echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc

For KDE4:

% echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc

If directing the output of echo to the file doesn't work, then edit the .xinitrc directly.

 

[ViceRoy16]

Where is .xinitrc located? And when I edit it, what do I put in?

 

[Beastie]

Are you serious?

You create .xinitrc in your home directory and you fill it as in the post right before yours (tangram's), i.e. you write exec some_window_manager .

Didn't you say you already read the handbook pages related to X?

 

[ViceRoy16]

Thanks