From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 10:36:00 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 BE17487F for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22c.google.com (mail-wi0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22c]) (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 4CEFD1047 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hi2so2445168wib.5 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:35:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=LGyVfGie4Gfq9Oj2TO3F7/o8gB07koReD7ea4xL9C5g=; b=afweQKMUrOFBI/dvUB5VnxIUCC2SN6d0tuF/WZrqrRIYy+/wBaJUGqjOukVM2UzbS+ fIwuxKQaH7NX7wiCr5eUDyLu9rW2rDf8Ta/0Ck9V5OnQLqRxd81P2ABQXDXesKlXbVLF snd9UNSaeHDGWoVELJdMNvg2sMXY4CI0NMLBd+XLPyZc2GDu9Pu+NHN7dpCKL8HmYKYr rdn9/wknRal71LHk1vR72JffjdF4zHMFZNs+lgRYtpsTISF4I7bAfON4asQ/1LQi7ZDf Y8fXzcm9wI9JHyO4Oo6RDrs+9A9G9ZU1imNb8Q6zEKl18yI1fhW3BmBzeE0e2Lzo7J1C Uidg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.38.107 with SMTP id f11mr3033503wik.31.1398422158565; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.177.134 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:35:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:35:58 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment From: Teo En Ming To: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:36:00 -0000 Dear Mark, I had enabled dbus and hald in /etc/rc.conf but it didn't work out. I still cannot type anything with my keyboard in gnome desktop environment. But here's the good news: I have disabled gdm to start on boot, then I start gnome manually by executing "startx", and I can type in gnome desktop environment! But if I enable gdm at bootup and login to gnome desktop environment through gdm, I won't be able to type anything with my keyboard in gnome desktop environment. I suspect it has something to do with X.org X server. Anybody knows the reason why? Thank you very much. Teo En Ming On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad wrote: > > > On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual machine/guest > operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating > system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. > > I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following commands: > > # pkg install xorg > > # pkg install gnome2 > > # pkg install nano > > # nano /etc/fstab > > ====================================== > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > ============================================ > > # nano /etc/rc.conf > > ======================================= > > gdm_enable="YES" > gnome_enable="YES" > ============================================= > > The following command is to allow startx to be executed. > > > *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc* > > > > *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming* > > > *************************************************************************** > > 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? > > I am looking forward to your reply. > > Yours sincerely, > > Teo En Ming > > > > You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf , then either reboot the > vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also > disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also check > out the 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 > >