From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 13:11:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 938631A8; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:11:24 +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 5715026DD; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-76-251.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.251]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7HDBMBM026414 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:11:23 -0500 Message-ID: <53F0AB71.20103@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:17:37 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 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> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <53EE2CF3.8030700@hiwaay.net> <53F095B4.3000206@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org 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: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:11:24 -0000 On 08/17/14 08:08, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:44 PM, William A. Mahaffey III > > wrote: > > > On 08/17/14 04:08, flo@snakeoilproductions.net > wrote: > > Greetings, > > On 2014-08-15 17:53, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > Xdm uses .xinitrc to start a "something" right? Please > show your > .xinitrc > I guess you're trying to use xfce, have you verified > that all required > packages are installed ( xfce, xorg-server, > xf86-video*, xf86-input*? > What graphics hw are you using? Which xorg-stack ( new > /old)? > Are you using a xorg.conf or using default > on-the-fly-config? > Best regards > Andreas > > OK, here goes, see attached. Whenever I startx from the > command line > after a console login, XFCE starts up & operates AOK, > so I would guess > the install is OK. Gfx hw is a jaguar kabini CPU, w/ > GPU on die w/ CPU. > gfx is too new for X.org support, so I am using the > vesa driver. > .xinitrc: exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > > > Maybe I'm missing the point here entirely, but xdm uses > $HOME/.xsession. > A missing .xsession has quite the same symptoms, and since > XFCE works fine after startx, > which indeed uses $HOME/.xinitrc, you might try > % echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4' >$HOME/.xsession > and then restart xdm. > > Sincerely, > > > florian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > > Long thread here, you could backtracck it if you're sufficiently > bored/motivated .... short answer is whenever I use the .xsession > (i.e. xdm managing the login), it doesn't work, pretty much no > matter what I tried .... I'm back to console login followed by > startx, works for now .... > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > > Have you tried to use truss/dtrace to see what happens when startxfce4 > is run? > > Or perhaps just editing startxfce4 script to have #!/bin/sh -x . The > startxfce4 script seems to run the commands in xinitrc, found in > .config/xfce4/xinitrc $HOME/.xfce4/.xinitrc or > /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc . Have a look at it, it might help > you in your investigation. > > If you wish to pursue the further, that is. > > Best regards > Andreas Thx, I'm OK for now .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.