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KDE, installing

2005-02-15T19:56:53Z

TheLobster:

Congradulations! You have installed Xorg and are now ready to get KDE running.

First, su to root. After you have root privledges, you must install KDE. As of the time of writing this artical KDE 3.3 is the most current.

You have 2 options for installing KDE, build from ports or use the BSD packages.

To build KDE from source, use the ports tree:

# cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 && make install clean

OR

# pkg_add -r kde

Notice: If you look at the command above, it's 'kde' and NOT 'kde3'. BSD has been nice enough to keep with the times. If you are adding a package as a general rule, you leave off the version number and you'll get the most stable version.

After KDE is installed you must tell the X server to invoke KDE at the start of the X server and NOT to use the default WM. This is done though editing the .xinitrc file.

# % echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc

Note: Sometimes if you are already using a window manager (i.e. XDM) you might have to edit the .xsession instead of the xinitrc

If all has gone well, you SHOULD be able to:

# startx

and have X start up and then invoke KDE.

Note: A lot of this artical has originated from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

Configuring X

2005-02-15T14:38:11Z

TheLobster: Installing Xorg

Starting with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, Xorg is the default X11 implementation for FreeBSD. Xorg is the X server of the open source X Window System implementation released by the X.Org Foundation. Xorg is based on the code of XFree86 4.4RC2 and X11R6.6. The X.Org Foundation released X11R6.7 in April 2004 and X11R6.8.1 in September 2004, this latter is the version currently available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection.

To install Xorg from source it is recommended that you first update your ports using cvsup.

After logged in via su, you have 2 options. You can build from ports or use the BSD Packages.

Note: To build Xorg in its entirety, be sure to have at least 4 GB of free space available.

To build Xorg from ports:

# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install clean

OR

To add the BSD package:

# pkg_add -r xorg

After you have installed Xorg, you must configure it. This is a multi-step process and can get a tad complex.

As su, run the Xorg Config File creator

# Xorg -configure

This will generate an X11 configuration skeleton file in the /root directory called xorg.conf.new (whether you su(1) or do a direct login affects the inherited supervisor $HOME directory variable). For XFree86, this configuration file is called XF86Config.new. The X11 program will attempt to probe the graphics hardware on the system and write a configuration file to load the proper drivers for the detected hardware on the target system.

# xorgconfig

This will run a sort of wizard that will simplify the process for creating the config file.

The next step is to test the existing configuration to verify that Xorg can work with the graphics hardware on the target system. To perform this task, type:

# Xorg -config xorg.conf.new

If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appear, the configuration was successful. To exit the test, just press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace simultaneously.

If all went to plan, you should have gotten Xorg working and happy. Now you are ready to go on and install your window manager ([[KDE]], [[GNOME]], [[BlackBox]], [[XFCE]], [[WindowMaker]], [[SawFish]], etc...)

Note: Most of this information came DIRECTLY from the FreeBSD Handbook located http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html

Configuring X

2005-02-14T22:56:28Z

TheLobster:

Starting with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, Xorg is the default X11 implementation for FreeBSD. Xorg is the X server of the open source X Window System implementation released by the X.Org Foundation. Xorg is based on the code of XFree86 4.4RC2 and X11R6.6. The X.Org Foundation released X11R6.7 in April 2004 and X11R6.8.1 in September 2004, this latter is the version currently available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection.

To install Xorg from source it is recommended that you first update your ports using cvsup.

After logged in via su, build Xorg from ports

<nowiki>
# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make install clean
</nowiki>

Note: To build Xorg in its entirety, be sure to have at least 4 GB of free space available.

After you have installed Xorg, you must configure it. This is a multi-step process and can get a tad complex.

As su, run the Xorg Config File creator

<nowiki># Xorg -configure</nowiki>

This will generate an X11 configuration skeleton file in the /root directory called xorg.conf.new (whether you su(1) or do a direct login affects the inherited supervisor $HOME directory variable). For XFree86, this configuration file is called XF86Config.new. The X11 program will attempt to probe the graphics hardware on the system and write a configuration file to load the proper drivers for the detected hardware on the target system.

<nowiki># xorgconfig</nowiki>

This will run a sort of wizard that will simplify the process for creating the config file.

The next step is to test the existing configuration to verify that Xorg can work with the graphics hardware on the target system. To perform this task, type:
<nowiki>
# Xorg -config xorg.conf.new</nowiki>

If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appear, the configuration was successful. To exit the test, just press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace simultaneously.

If all went to plan, you should have gotten Xorg working and happy. Now you are ready to go on and install your window manager (KDE, GNOME, SawFish, etc...)

Note: Most of this information came DIRECTLY from the FreeBSD Handbook located http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html

Configuring X

2005-02-14T22:55:42Z

TheLobster:

Starting with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, Xorg is the default X11 implementation for FreeBSD. Xorg is the X server of the open source X Window System implementation released by the X.Org Foundation. Xorg is based on the code of XFree86 4.4RC2 and X11R6.6. The X.Org Foundation released X11R6.7 in April 2004 and X11R6.8.1 in September 2004, this latter is the version currently available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection.

To install Xorg from source it is recommended that you first update your ports using cvsup.

After logged in via su, build Xorg from ports

<nowiki>
# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
# make install clean
</nowiki>

Note: To build Xorg in its entirety, be sure to have at least 4 GB of free space available.

After you have installed Xorg, you must configure it. This is a multi-step process and can get a tad complex.

As su, run the Xorg Config File creator

<nowiki># Xorg -configure</nowiki>

This will generate an X11 configuration skeleton file in the /root directory called xorg.conf.new (whether you su(1) or do a direct login affects the inherited supervisor $HOME directory variable). For XFree86, this configuration file is called XF86Config.new. The X11 program will attempt to probe the graphics hardware on the system and write a configuration file to load the proper drivers for the detected hardware on the target system.

<nowiki># xorgconfig</nowiki>

This will run a sort of wizard that will simplify the process for creating the config file.

The next step is to test the existing configuration to verify that Xorg can work with the graphics hardware on the target system. To perform this task, type:
<nowiki>
# Xorg -config xorg.conf.new</nowiki>

If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appear, the configuration was successful. To exit the test, just press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace simultaneously.

If all went to plan, you should have gotten Xorg working and happy. Now you are ready to go on and install your window manager (KDE, GNOME, SawFish, etc...)

Note: Most of this information came DIRECTLY from the FreeBSD Handbook located http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html

Configuring X

2005-02-14T22:54:30Z

TheLobster: Installing and Configuring Xorg

Starting with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, Xorg is the default X11 implementation for FreeBSD. Xorg is the X server of the open source X Window System implementation released by the X.Org Foundation. Xorg is based on the code of XFree86 4.4RC2 and X11R6.6. The X.Org Foundation released X11R6.7 in April 2004 and X11R6.8.1 in September 2004, this latter is the version currently available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection.

To install Xorg from source it is recommended that you first update your ports using cvsup.

After logged in via su, build Xorg from ports

# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
# make install clean

Note: To build Xorg in its entirety, be sure to have at least 4 GB of free space available.

After you have installed Xorg, you must configure it. This is a multi-step process and can get a tad complex.

As su, run the Xorg Config File creator

# Xorg -configure

This will generate an X11 configuration skeleton file in the /root directory called xorg.conf.new (whether you su(1) or do a direct login affects the inherited supervisor $HOME directory variable). For XFree86, this configuration file is called XF86Config.new. The X11 program will attempt to probe the graphics hardware on the system and write a configuration file to load the proper drivers for the detected hardware on the target system.

# xorgconfig

This will run a sort of wizard that will simplify the process for creating the config file.

The next step is to test the existing configuration to verify that Xorg can work with the graphics hardware on the target system. To perform this task, type:

# Xorg -config xorg.conf.new

If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appear, the configuration was successful. To exit the test, just press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace simultaneously.

If all went to plan, you should have gotten Xorg working and happy. Now you are ready to go on and install your window manager (KDE, GNOME, SawFish, etc...)

Note: Most of this information came DIRECTLY from the FreeBSD Handbook located http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html