startkde: cannot start kdeinit. Check your installation

[Donald J. O'Neill]

On Friday 13 October 2006 21:17, Karl Agee wrote:
> --- "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 13 October 2006 20:11, Karl Agee wrote:
> > > 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #4: Mon Oct
> >
> > 2
> >
> > > 08:40:06 PDT 2006
> > >
> > > I cannot start kde.  Installed kde 3.5.4 from
> >
> > pkg_add
> >
> > > -r kde and everything installed fine.  I put in my
> > > ~/.xinitrc file:
> > >
> > > startkde
> > >
> > > but I keep getting this error:
> > >
> > > /usr/local/bin/startkde: permission denied
> > > startkde: could not start kdeinit.  check your
> > > installation
> > >
> > > I have changed the entry in .xinitrc to :
> > > exec startkde
> > > # and to
> > > /usr/local/bin/startkde
> > >
> > > with the same results.  I also cannot start kde as
> > > root, I get the same thing.
> > >
> > > kdeinit is:
> > >
> > > -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  39876 Oct  6 01:18
> > > /usr/local/bin/kdeinit
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tried changing permissions on kdeinit but
> >
> > with
> >
> > > the same result.  I have also removed the kdebase
> > > package and reinstalled it, but with the same
> >
> > results.
> >
> > > I've searched everywhere and have seen the same
> > > problems posted with different OS's and versions
> >
> > of
> >
> > > kde but nothing solid as to solutions.
> > >
> > > anybody got any ideas?
> >
> > chmod 555 /usr/local/bin/kdeinit
> > permisions should also be 555 for startkde
> >
> > You may have some other files permission problems.
> >
> > Don
>
> Don:  I did that, same exact error.
>
> --Karl
>

Karl,

Try this. What do you get, now.

#ls -l /usr/local/bin/kdeinit
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  39716 Sep 29 03:22 /usr/local/bin/kdeinit

#ls -l /usr/local/bin/startkde
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  11828 Jul 23 09:23 /usr/local/bin/startkde

#ls -l .xinitrc
-rw-r--r--  1 username  username  48 Sep 23 07:10 .xinitrc

#cat .xinitrc
exec startkde

Do you have xorg installed? xorg.conf is in place and configured? What happens 
if you:
	#xdm
Does x start up?

Have you looked at the handbook for information on x? What about the FAQ? You 
have a permissions problem somewhere.

Don