From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 22:21:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C360F715 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f181.google.com (mail-qc0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C5041728 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f181.google.com with SMTP id x3so3181323qcv.26 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:21:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=cK3G9mh0oG/vl+eg0pIPaRkuJHfkPyZxGFbe9SmxweI=; b=WpJJP/HQC0ZY9sQjMQ74pQOFeiRG517tsxkxs2wLXqRFs9TUN0uZ/5FzbR7VD6sicu n/AK91siDNzeqcBUE6qrD8eSwwm7EcZSUlnB4nmX0n5hyNbEPHHNQCLoFP2yR2ofhEbU xPs8H+VnLiSRGOsMjTY1VLT3IlbRTpcS/pOkocLJ+ez0hCNSgQIiSA699jg0vcj8P+vK e/DsZHORG21YrrKpMveM9/tWWeub64ME5OPMI7gtKyOvp4iLK/V94zonTg/WIaImKjS5 uv8P/e59dEb9LvkfKEyhtb8WzMTFUlH2y4+PJabB0m59zn6mU2dbU+xliJHxHBoOumhi RItQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlRh+NGhgteddP322BqwfCVd02Ws3bpNMzH4NpTHsdKRd/SCsWZ+Eox+x0TvDRYGIlk33to X-Received: by 10.140.108.166 with SMTP id j35mr6446230qgf.76.1398378062745; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:21:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [97.251.145.157] (157.sub-97-251-145.myvzw.com. [97.251.145.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id y9sm10380588qai.13.2014.04.24.15.20.58 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:20:59 -0700 (PDT) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11D167) From: Mark Saad Subject: Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:20:56 -0400 To: Teo En Ming Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:21:10 -0000 > On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual machine/gues= t > operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating > system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. >=20 > I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following commands= : >=20 > # pkg install xorg >=20 > # pkg install gnome2 >=20 > # pkg install nano >=20 > # nano /etc/fstab >=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > # nano /etc/rc.conf >=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > gdm_enable=3D"YES" > gnome_enable=3D"YES" > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > The following command is to allow startx to be executed. >=20 >=20 > *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc* >=20 >=20 >=20 > *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming*= >=20 > **************************************************************************= * >=20 > I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after > logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything > with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use > my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm. > I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify > /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I > do? >=20 > I am looking forward to your reply. >=20 > Yours sincerely, >=20 > Teo En Ming You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf , then either reboot the v= m or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also disab= le hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also check out t= he links below . http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org=20