Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:16:29 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New question on Mate and FreeBSD Message-ID: <0d3ec69e-75c8-1f11-286a-faa86981cb76@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20170425142210.16ab619a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> <5793f2002bc6eff17b2831bede1056e6.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170425142210.16ab619a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 04/25/17 08:22, Polytropon wrote: > 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... ;-) > > > add this to .shrc in your home directory.... if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/ttyv0 ]; then startx fi
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