Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:52:25 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... Message-ID: <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 08/14/14 00:24, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:29:42 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:08pm] 316 % grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log* >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, >> (??) unknown. >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: >> unknown error (null) >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not >> implemented, (??) unknown. >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER > As you can see, "config/hal: couldn't initialise context: > unknown error (null)" is a very helpful message. :-) > > > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:15pm] 317 % grep hal /var/log/messages >> Aug 5 08:47:54 kabini1 pkg: hal-0.5.14_26 installed >> Aug 5 09:16:51 kabini1 root: /usr/sbin/service: WARNING: $hald_enable >> is not set properly - see rc.conf(5). > This is what you should have a look at. You sould have > > hald_enable="YES" > dbus_enable="YES" > > in your /etc/rc.conf file. > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:19pm] 318 % service hal start >> hal does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup >> directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d) > Yes, it's "service hald start". The service's name is "hald" > for "HAL daemon", and HAL means "hardware abstraction layer", > a technology "mandatory" to X (unless you "uncomple" it), > deprecated in Linux long time ago. :-) > > > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:23pm] 319 % man hal >> No manual entry for hal > See "man hald". There are many more manpages referenced in > the "SEE ALSO" section. > > > > hald is in fact running, & both entries are in my rc.conf file .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?53ED2189.6020408>