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Re: embarrassingly silly KDE question
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Re: embarrassingly silly KDE question


  • Subject: Re: embarrassingly silly KDE question
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:16:56 -0500

Ah, X11 can't find the fink stuff.  Sorry about that.  Edit your
.xinitrc file (with TextEdit or whatever) and add a line above the
"startkde" line like this:

. /sw/bin/init.sh

That should fix it.

On 3/19/06, tad <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mar.19.2006, at 8:48 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> > The command to start KDE isn't "kde".  It's "startkde".  But you have
> > to have X11 running first and have $DISPLAY set properly.
>
> I think it's possible I don't have $DISPLAY set properly.  I copied the
> command from the text below right into the Terminal window prompt.
> Then, I started X11 from the Dock.  The icon bounced, X11 seems to
> start and then, poof, it shuts down almost immediately.  Do you have
> any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Tamara
>
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