From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 2 22:14:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F779130B7B3 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 22:14:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.73]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7000C80E80 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 22:14:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.252.129]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1M8QFi-1gXxiR3edM-004Wzc; Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:14:15 +0100 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 23:14:14 +0100 From: Polytropon To: B J Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly Message-Id: <20181202231414.bc873ae8.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:O4i94p30gdmtyJLnxLMd0PoSuRp+CPZ8AbPoe9Kezzz5p58L/Pg LpPbGv8B5ciUOGMA0Z6jDmBJ9Qq7qDAHInrA0cmm0tzZ1Hlvllggh2ex8iy/yDeVXN5vvn7 /5XsLMnLetj0qa96rJUKrTJldU9Kzm6j6oPTW2A2k3kAMxVrzrpv6Nq/BvtPDcjdgYfmzJE GXcukNZpXL8hFt9dvOR1A== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:P47Atw+Gs9o=:h61OvuIR5KRsAcqZ0frVI6 jByFTaKPfGz0WjYf8PPjT3SeIpGOVmCuZGEEEwNNqAMVwhF8VYvkuqqrbRerBIer1q7NCMly2 bQqg2ppxtv2Ii7Ad3a+TkQ57a+dwJ/3DZbryWjEZlVEXWznus0vYYxpKdYdo9Xox9zCvvY1hP UetZkL1uo1i12M/babLaLKdRwenCkI5DWNx81c1NN8DtiH+i1UJspc881UN3DuELP86nhYN77 b/uMZVExMZlwnDaNSbASWWS0v2JfK2vtwpvZtebAJ2rpH5sVvssueKNkvqLDhZNheILbvUwWh G3rMe4Tj16fF1hNeYEs7GcbrZlhLrGtp5MT91yV38BmBUn9jeFtIUpTsXITV3fQMG9SP0evXc GXxMsGyQ3GGovscz3Rjw5tPDliKxIWpPSMXsegTJ2hxOin0uRzkiQpjMByo2n2Ps3q/1MTxEH B744hGKVrrR7XbxsuFd1CjsCip/aR3pDUiqRS5QiMxQRKacIEAiWui/GoqYPZ3PGwUM+sLcub MhihOeXeFnSiK/FD15Du0r8xIbOeFccOCT4HlNAqK2kaYKol8NotaHQkThlwRyOI+TByEGWnT lFSDxIF9kbZz25K25BheH29Pwm0BxUX0WaQlRZjK5DyM7nROC7xT8UA8iRxTRlMXlOd5kbNUN 6PGtZL84XxLpqyJv2Ipi7FU+XkJ4q9Oo6KrbS8l4LXgsnNg1QbbOwetGc0MOP2t58v58u71tC PPgSP4FfLzNpLJ4szddAo+7FC7IxUOe48RW1lS9brxvRe6XaZIkmnC6qSZ0= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7000C80E80 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.85 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx00.schlund.de,mx01.schlund.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[129.252.193.92.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE]; IP_SCORE(0.15)[ipnet: 217.72.192.0/20(0.68), asn: 8560(0.07), country: DE(-0.01)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.69)[-0.693,0]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.58)[0.581,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.57)[-0.574,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[73.192.72.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:14:25 -0000 On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 21:36:54 +0000, B J wrote: > I'm now have a fresh direct installation of 11.2 and I just installed > xorg using pkg. Running: > > Xorg -configure > Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new Those two steps aren't usually needed. X will configure itself on startup automatically, so there's hardly a need for a configuration file. > and I eventually get a dark screen on my monitor. > > What did I do wrong? Thanks. Nothing, that is the correct behaviour. In order to get a window manager or desktop environment, just install it. ;-) Further details: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...