simplest way to get gnome/ kde up and running

[Foo JH]

  Hi guys,

I've been trying without luck to get KDE/ Gnome configured. I've been 
reading and re-reading (and trying and re-trying) to get the window 
manager running, but it's been driving me nuts.

- How far I've gotten:
1. Installing Xorg from the DVD package is easy.  I've added the 
hald_enable and dbus_enable to /etc/rc.conf
2. Xorg -configure looks like it's working too: i get the skeleton 
outlined window manager that I believe is fwm
3. Xorg -configure xorg.conf.new -retro works too

- Where I'm stuck:
1. So far ~/.xinitrc is missing. But I followed the Handbank anyway and 
did this:
echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc

2. Running startx crashes now because it complains 
/usr/local/bin/gnome-session is missing  - that's true.

Am I missing something? Or is there an easier way that Linux distros 
have been very successful at? I'm a Freebie and I'd prefer to go with 
FreeBSD as much as possible.