From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 25 12:22:30 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 CB4DCD4E000 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:22:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay13.qsc.de (mailrelay13.qsc.de [212.99.187.253]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F897B6C for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:22:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay13.qsc.de; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:22:12 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-211-20.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.211.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42E763CBF9; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:22:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v3PCMACl002039; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:22:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:22:10 +0200 From: Polytropon To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: "James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" Subject: Re: New question on Mate and FreeBSD Message-Id: <20170425142210.16ab619a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5793f2002bc6eff17b2831bede1056e6.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> <5793f2002bc6eff17b2831bede1056e6.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay13.qsc.de with 5CD6469F28D X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1267 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: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:22:30 -0000 On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:25:11 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > > 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. This can also be done on FreeBSD. Both a display manager and the actual X session (running a window manager or a whole desktop environment) can be initiated from the text mode. > 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. I have recently switched an installation of a Gnome 2 "destroyed by update" to MATE (and slim instead of gdm), now ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession get honored as expected. Interestingly, some of the Gnome settings were "inherited", but others needed to be set up manually. > Does PF1 == F1 (function key 1) or does this refer to something else? Sorry, that's my typical "IBM speak": The name PF key refers to the correct term "programmable function key", but PF1 and F1 are exactly the same thing. Must be the result of using a keyboard where the actual labels were PF1, PF2, and so on... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...