Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:16:54 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.2, X.org, Xfce, and Firefox issues Message-ID: <98bef0ef-728a-dcc4-230b-66b454672ee3@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <20190430061427.03001b37.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <122a4e3d-3d5e-e737-e6ee-078a97c711f0@holgerdanske.com> <20190430061427.03001b37.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 4/29/19 9:14 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:39:14 -0700, David Christensen wrote: >> I have installed FreeBSD on a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. My goal is to >> use it as a desktop/ workstation on my SOHO network: >> >> root@ragnar-ssd:~ # freebsd-version ; uname -a >> 11.2-RELEASE-p9 >> FreeBSD ragnar-ssd 11.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p9 #0: Tue Feb >> 5 15:30:36 UTC 2019 >> root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >> >> >> I have also installed: >> >> root@ragnar-ssd:~ # pkg info | egrep '^(xorg-7|xfce-|firefox-)' >> firefox-66.0.2,1 Web browser based on the browser portion >> of Mozilla >> xfce-4.12_1 The "meta-port" for the Xfce Desktop >> Environment >> xorg-7.7_3 X.Org complete distribution metaport >> >> >> When I start Firefox via an Xfce panel shortcut, it starts. But when I >> try to browse to a URL, it core dumps and the Firefox window spins >> attempting to connect to the URL: >> >> root@ragnar-ssd:~ # tail -n 1 /var/log/messages >> Apr 29 19:53:03 ragnar-ssd kernel: pid 899 (firefox), uid >> 13250: exited >> on signal 11 (core dumped) >> >> 2019-04-29 19:55:28 dpchrist@ragnar-ssd ~ >> $ ll firefox.core >> -rw------- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 127205376 2019/04/29 19:53:03 >> firefox. >> core >> >> >> When I start Firefox via Terminal: >> >> 2019-04-29 19:46:51 dpchrist@ragnar-ssd ~ >> $ firefox >> >> (firefox:884): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: 19:46:58.095: >> remote volume monitor with dbus name org.gtk.vfs.HalVolumeMonitor is not >> supported > > Did you install and are you running HAL and DBus? Does your > /etc/rc.conf at least contain: > > dbus_enable="YES" > > This is the only thing I have added (for a reason I cannot > remember anymore), but I'm using Fvwm2 + wbar on that system. > > > >> Any suggestions for fixing Firefox? > > I'm running firefox-66.0.3_1,1 on a FreeBSD 12.0-p3 system, > and due to tradition I have added the following to > /etc/sysctl.conf: > > kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1 > > If I remember correctly, Firefox needs this to work. Thanks for the help. :-) I installed dbus, added the dbus_enable setting, and rebooted -- it may have helped somewhat, but I still see a lot of complaints on the console. I tried installing hal -- it was already installed at that point. I use a KVM switch with external keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and have always had problems getting FOSS graphical desktops to work correctly with the KVM on this ~2007 Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. Even if I resolved the Firefox issues, FreeBSD 11.2 amd64 Xfce has severe problems switching between the internal laptop panel and the external monitor. Debian 9 amd64 Xfce mostly works OOTB, so I'll save FreeBSD for another, newer laptop. David
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