From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 14:04:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA5876EF; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B44382251; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (rbn1-216-180-19-71.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.71]) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7FE4pDW014602; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:04:51 -0500 Message-ID: <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:11:06 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130625 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list , "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:04:53 -0000 On 08/14/14 15:52, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > 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 .... > A little more input, from login attempt about 5 min. ago: [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:32am] 411 % ll -tr ~wam/.xsession* -rwxr-xr-x 1 wam users 34 Aug 8 18:22 /home/wam/.xsession* -rw------- 1 wam users 355 Aug 15 09:05 /home/wam/.xsession-errors [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:37am] 412 % more ~wam/.xsession-errors /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 xrdb: "XTerm*saveLines" on line 76 overrides entry on line 61 (process:6932): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. XDM authorization key matches an existing client!xfce4-session: Cannot open display: . Type 'xfce4-session --help' for usage. [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:39am] 413 % date Fri Aug 15 09:06:43 CDT 2014 [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:43am] 414 % xfce4-session --help Usage: xfce4-session [OPTION...] Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options Application Options: --disable-tcp Disable binding to TCP ports -V, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:07:02am] 415 % Any clues appreciated :-/ .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.