Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Danny Pansters wrote: IIRC exec used to be needed for some reason, but that's been a while, merely startkde (which is just a shell script) will do. The reasoning is in the man page for startx(1): [[ The .xinitrc is typically a shell script which starts many clients according to the user's preference. When this shell script exits, startx kills the server and performs any other session shutdown needed. Most of the clients started by .xinitrc should be run in the back- ground. The last client should run in the foreground; when it exits, the session will exit. People often choose a session manager, window manager, or xterm as the ''magic'' client. ]] Since the session stops when the .xinitrc process dies, you can either launch startkde from within the shell script (in which case the .xinitrc script waits until startkde exits, then exits), or you can use exec startkde to replace the .xinitrc process with the startkde one. In either case the only difference is that leaving out the exec means you've got one additional shell process hanging around until you quit X. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 9287088 (with luck) http://ioctl.org/jan/ I like oranges more than apples!? - that's like comparing apples and oranges! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
Hi all, I just installed FreeBSD (using a CD burned from the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso image) on a NEC machine with a Celeron D335. I have xorg 6.8.2 (upgraded via portupgrade) and KDE 3.3.0 (installed via Internet as binaries, with pkg_add, after upgrading xorg). I then created an .xinitrc file by copying from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit into my home directory and adding exec startkde at the beginning of the file, after the first few lines. When I type startx, xorg starts OK, but I then get Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Kdeinit is in /usr/local/bin and the kdelibs package is installed and recognised by pkg_info. Any idea what went wrong ? Thanks, Edward ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
On Saturday 16 April 2005 19:06, Edward Lichtner wrote: Hi all, I just installed FreeBSD (using a CD burned from the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso image) on a NEC machine with a Celeron D335. I have xorg 6.8.2 (upgraded via portupgrade) and KDE 3.3.0 (installed via Internet as binaries, with pkg_add, after upgrading xorg). I then created an .xinitrc file by copying from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit into my home directory and adding exec startkde at the beginning of the file, after the first few lines. When I type startx, xorg starts OK, but I then get Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Kdeinit is in /usr/local/bin and the kdelibs package is installed and recognised by pkg_info. Any idea what went wrong ? You shouldn't copy xinit and you shouldn't use 'exec' to run startkde. Just put only 'startkde' (without the quotes) in your ~/.xinitrc instead. HTH, Dan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
On Sat 16 Apr 05 10:44, Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 16 April 2005 19:06, Edward Lichtner wrote: Hi all, I just installed FreeBSD (using a CD burned from the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso image) on a NEC machine with a Celeron D335. I have xorg 6.8.2 (upgraded via portupgrade) and KDE 3.3.0 (installed via Internet as binaries, with pkg_add, after upgrading xorg). I then created an .xinitrc file by copying from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit into my home directory and adding exec startkde at the beginning of the file, after the first few lines. When I type startx, xorg starts OK, but I then get Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Kdeinit is in /usr/local/bin and the kdelibs package is installed and recognised by pkg_info. Any idea what went wrong ? You shouldn't copy xinit and you shouldn't use 'exec' to run startkde. Just put only 'startkde' (without the quotes) in your ~/.xinitrc instead. I don't use KDE as a desktop a lot (though I do use KMail and some other apps), but I've always had exec startkde in my .xinitrc when I want to use the whole KDE, and I've never run into any problems like the OP described. In fact, I've never heard anyone advise what you did. Not to doubt you, but I don't see the connection, as it's never been an issue for me. Do you have a reference for this? - jt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
snip You shouldn't copy xinit and you shouldn't use 'exec' to run startkde. Just put only 'startkde' (without the quotes) in your ~/.xinitrc instead. I don't use KDE as a desktop a lot (though I do use KMail and some other apps), but I've always had exec startkde in my .xinitrc when I want to use the whole KDE, and I've never run into any problems like the OP described. In fact, I've never heard anyone advise what you did. Not to doubt you, but I don't see the connection, as it's never been an issue for me. Do you have a reference for this? IIRC exec used to be needed for some reason, but that's been a while, merely startkde (which is just a shell script) will do. I agree that this doesn't explain OP's problem, but copying over xinit to .xinitrc and editing is not a great way to get started. Anyway, there must be a reason why kdeinit returns non-zero in startkde, and my first thought would be to run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/kdelibs.sh to make sure it can find the libraries it needs. (or reboot) HTH, Dan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE not starting. Cannot start kdeinit
On Saturday 16 April 2005 10:06 am, Edward Lichtner wrote: Hi all, I just installed FreeBSD (using a CD burned from the 5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso image) on a NEC machine with a Celeron D335. I have xorg 6.8.2 (upgraded via portupgrade) and KDE 3.3.0 (installed via Internet as binaries, with pkg_add, after upgrading xorg). I then created an .xinitrc file by copying from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit into my home directory and adding exec startkde at the beginning of the file, after the first few lines. When I type startx, xorg starts OK, but I then get Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Kdeinit is in /usr/local/bin and the kdelibs package is installed and recognised by pkg_info. Any idea what went wrong ? Thanks, Edward Do you have kdebase installed? Do you have /usr/local/bin/startkde? -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
