Subject: Re: KDE finds no package executables ** Please help!
To: Stefan Sichler <sichler@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-amiga
Date: 01/16/1999 10:34:31
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	Try starting kde with 'SHELL -c startkde' where SHELL if your
	preferred shell.

	I've attached my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession file - you could
	probably drop it onto your system and move away your .xsession.

		David/absolute

       What _is_, what _should be_, and what _could be_ are all distinct.

On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Stefan Sichler wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> my KDE finds no executables of packages, ie. /usr/pkg/bin seems not to be in
> the PATH definition. 
> Since I'm trying for days, I've added the correct PATH definitions to _ALL_
> files I could think of: /etc/profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, ~/.bashrc, /etc/shinit
> (with ENV pointing to it), and even in /etc/rc !
> 
> But it still doesn't work.
> Though all sh/csh/ksh/bash login- and non-login shells have the correct path
> definitions set (even KDE's kappfinder (called via the kpanel) finds all apps
> correctly), I can't exec any application in /usr/pkg/bin via kpanel or via the
> "execute command..." function of the kde desktop. 
> 
> My config is as follows:
> 
> netbsd kernel 1.3.0
> netbsd binaries 1.3.0
> kde package 1.3.2
> kde subpackages (uulib, png, tiff) 1.3.3
> bash package 1.3.3
> ....some other packages
> 
> I start kde via kdm from /etc/rc,
> my .xsession file only contains "exec startkde".
> 
> 
> ****  Please help my, 'cause it drives my crazy!  ****
>  
> Thanks,
> 
> Stefan   
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