Ok I just emerge'd kde-base/kde but know when I type startx.

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

NOTHING HAPPENS!!!!

help please!!!!

how do i get the startx command to work AND how do I get kde to work!!!

do I have to type init 5?

Please I emerged kde base but now what do I do????

HiTech69 · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject:

create a file in your home directory:

.xinitrc

and inside of it put:

exec startkde

Mongrol · Guru Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 376

also do chmod +x .xinitrc

mrsteven · Veteran Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1938

You need a file named .xinitrc in your home directory. It must contain the following:

Jesse · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 148

hmmm ok I'm away from my box right now so everything's out of memory but you should actually modify /etc/rc.conf (I think) and at the very bottom you should uncomment the line for your x session. Read the directions and it'll tell you to put something like kde-3.1 in.

It's the same file that you most likely edited upon install to set your time to LOCAL instead of UTC ...

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

teh command startx is not even found....

please help i type startx and command not found happens

SIR · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 7:08 pm Post subject:

Can you get kdm running?

mrsteven · Veteran Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1938

What says

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

ok my path is updated thanks for the . /etc/profile command but now I have an X server error how can i configure X what commands and steps do I use???

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

how can i configure X for my system what is the command???

how and what settings do i change>????

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

yet X is not configured because I donot know how to do that...

snail · n00b Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 30

thanks alot for the help I used xf86config to config my X and It WORKS!!!

Thanks alot for all of your help!!!