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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:20:56 -0400
From:      Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>
To:        Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment
Message-ID:  <ACC1952B-F8CE-45AE-87F2-00B785103CF9@longcount.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAKhF0wcftS%2BUVjDb9pNZ8BE35dfEhNsXr=u0uYuj9qzFZUiySA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAKhF0wcftS%2BUVjDb9pNZ8BE35dfEhNsXr=u0uYuj9qzFZUiySA@mail.gmail.com>

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> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following commands=
:
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> # pkg install xorg
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> # pkg install gnome2
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> # pkg install nano
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> # nano /etc/fstab
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> =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
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> 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
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> # nano /etc/rc.conf
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> =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
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> 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
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> The following command is to allow startx to be executed.
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> *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc*
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> *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming*=

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> **************************************************************************=
*
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> 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?
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> I am looking forward to your reply.
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> Yours sincerely,
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> 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


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