start kde in 8.1

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Tim Dunphy wrote:

> I have kdebase4 installed successfully under freebsd 8.1
>
> I found the following advice on the net with so far isn't working to start it:
>
> echo "startkde" > ~/.xinitrc
>
> I have attempted startx but the system doesn't know about it.
>
> may I have a suggestion to proceed?

Is xorg installed?

% pkg_info -Ix xorg-7

If it's installed, rehash.