Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 22:05:51 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, xfce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: x11-wm/xfce4 Message-ID: <9cbc10c8-9623-cbe4-a5e2-71e71d2afa7b@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <edec0755-47f1-ff11-cb87-a71602446db9@FreeBSD.org> References: <63866270-f7e1-70fd-dde5-5251de6983f6@FreeBSD.org> <620316b0-eaef-a93e-182b-19499a8da6f9@FreeBSD.org> <edec0755-47f1-ff11-cb87-a71602446db9@FreeBSD.org>
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On 29/02/20 16:27, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > > On 29/02/2020 06:35, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 29/02/20 01:06, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >>> Hello; >>> >>> I've recently tried Xfce, and it's very nice. Just thought I'd suggest, >>> please set this file as executable: >>> >>> /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc >>> >>> I ended up doing chmod +x to that file in order to get it working in >>> xinit. >> I'll have a look at that. >> >> I'm using xfce from a display manager (lightdm) so I'm not using that >> file. > > Ah yes, for the record I am following the handbook: > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html > > Where it says "Unlike GNOME or KDE, Xfce does not provide its own login > manager ..." While it's technically correct most linux distributions providing XFCE as a default pair it with lightdm, so, with the latest update to 4.14, I made lightdm it's default display manager in the metaport. You should give it a spin. > >>> While here, I am having trouble as both mouse and the keyboard stop >>> working in X. Curiously both worked find in KDE. >> Maybe this is caused by the recent Xorg-server port change from devd >> baackend to udev backend? > > It's likely. I had it working at a time but the up arrow key stopped > working after the update. I then removed all the packages and started > from scratch. > > >> If that's the case the solution if installing xf86-input-evdev and >> restarting Xorg. > > That was certainly missing but I might have missed some configuration, > as it still doesn't work. > > I also lost the acceleration (ati-legacy) with the update. I'll figure > it out ;). > >> BTW xf86-input-evdev should be a dependency of the xorg-drivers >> metaport, so maybe forcing a reinstallation of that one will fix the >> issue. > > I started using xorg-minimal which explains some missing stuff. > I don't know the details about sorg-minimal, but yes the migration to udev may require some reconfiguration, especially if you have a customized setup. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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