From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 24 21:25:15 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA48D4EB77 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5AFB61327 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:25:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254C6611F9; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Rr6zb7h0fpcc; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C7779607D3; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:10 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1493069111; bh=XBIS8r84RxGYYdXlL/VTczz+ayiu4e2jcUq7c/R4Tgo=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:Reply-To; b=Eib35mmPXUuYHcfkyOtXh66oVJ93f7iG95tTRY3TcVeLAeg7kKtR6SMB2vKomn3/c 1dc5TVgz9C0ZVONbUn271Oefo636JRHpp2FiTlhwWHpQRESbsuB8vpdANHJEVaBQd5 0I20AOg6YKr/6GfuiHdBFUz2bXj692cgidJc/xQlq81bxwT8eQFtNzVk5rmjHPe+8A svVbob0+ltrW3/BGDSnA8BXmab3HMjiu9odUvlxxn9RhRwoJbVIHqNYlXPvzzcvXY8 MqWdFv2K78Y/7rrSsBH2J7wM2dX5Y3mswxw3GuIeVAkLi6R12Ah6Cn/CLq3ooTLm2q WeONHIEHvZdeg== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:11 -0400 Message-ID: <5793f2002bc6eff17b2831bede1056e6.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:11 -0400 Subject: Re: New question on Mate and FreeBSD From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Polytropon" Cc: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, "James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:25:15 -0000 On Mon, April 24, 2017 16:45, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:10:10 -0400, James B. Byrne via > freebsd-questions wrote: >> How does one drop out of slim to the console? I installed FreeBSD-11 >> on a spare laptop and I am having some difficulty logging on through >> slim. I have installed mate and slim but when I run slim it prompts >> for a login and then fails with 'unable to execute login'; or >> something similar. >> >> However when this happens I do not know how to get out of the >> graphical logon screen without rebooting the system. > > Solution A: switch consoles with Ctrl+Alt+PF1 / PF2 / PF3 / ... > > Solution B: do A, followed by "killall -9 slim" > > This of course doesn't work anymore when you're using sc "as" > the console driver, so you must use "vt". This _might_ indtroduce > new problems with character sizes, fonts, and locale support. :-) > > Sidenote: In normal text mode, you use Alt+PF1 / PF2 / PF3 / ... > to switch between the virtual consoles, the "Print / Sys Rq" key > can be used to iterate through the consoles. > > My usual practice on CentOS is to configure the host to boot into text mode and then run startx from the console to start the graphical desktop. I have installed mate on the FreeBSD system but cannot seem to hit upon the correct manner to start it. Well, it sort of starts but what shows up is not recognisable as desktop. This is just ignorance on my part. I had similar problems when I decided to use mate instead of gnome when I was testing RHEL/CentOS7. However, if someone else has already done this then a recipe with the requisite packages and suitable configuration would not be refused. I can live easily without the pretty start up graphical interface if that is going to cause other issues. P.S. Does PF1 == F1 (function key 1) or does this refer to something else? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3