Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:58:05 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: kpneal@pobox.com, Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem Message-ID: <55FC429D.7000707@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20150918142505.GA39509@neutralgood.org> References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151329030.76298@wonkity.com> <E6FDE819-14B8-4906-8E9C-F297341781E7@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151859160.69660@wonkity.com> <B06FA0D2-6A5F-4ACC-8034-9AAA64D87446@slsware.net> <55FADDE7.9000702@bananmonarki.se> <0F355724-42C6-4DB4-A470-7AC8D7667CEA@slsware.net> <55FB5D66.2040000@columbus.rr.com> <20150918142505.GA39509@neutralgood.org>
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On 18/09/2015 15:25, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 08:40:06PM -0400, Baho Utot wrote: >> >> >> On 09/17/15 18:28, Glenn English wrote: >> >> [putolin] >> >> >> >> > But selecting logout in the menu drops XFCE as it should, but it >> > drops to a completely blank screen with nothing paying any attention >> > at mouse or screen. I tried ctl-n, ctl-alt-n, and just alt-n. Nothing. >> >> I had the same trouble as you when I starting to use FreeBSD. I use ATI >> graphics card and I had big trouble like you do, I fixed it as follows: >> >> Break out a text editor in a CLI (vi etc). >> I use vim-lite install by pkg. >> >> Try adding this to /boot/loader.conf >> >> vim /boot/loader.conf >> >> # Use new graphical console driver >> kern.vty=vt >> >> save and exit. > > Too difficult. Those of us who have had to restore systems when dynamic > linking was hosed learned tricks like this: > > echo >> /boot/loader.conf "kern.vty=vt" > > That's it. Nothing else to install, and "echo" is normally a shell builtin. > So if you can get a working shell command line then you can typically make > this change. > But if you really want vi and dynamic linking is broken try /rescue/vi $file "man rescue" is (should be) mandatory reading for admins. I just wish there was /rescue/emacs. :-) -- Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to GOTO 1
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