From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Sep 19 22:01:54 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7103712F9C2 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.75]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46Z9md2qGNz4L7G for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:01:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([94.222.202.13]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue106 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1M1INQ-1iCi7X3ZIw-002oGB; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:01:45 +0200 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:01:43 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "Trey Sizemore" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get graphical desktop environment on FBSD12 Message-Id: <20190920000143.ddf2249f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20190919214035.f617cae7.freebsd@edvax.de> 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-Provags-ID: V03:K1:zgDic89u35/p8SoxM8c003LMLrlS7UQP0FVQGYh99F3uuOf+ORq gNnX4UScsQ7sQK2ec5I09GQQnylwnPRVmhKKPX26t66qTKnWQAA6V53WsedtHyDi8QvR19u yZdQHmBQsGqmFPvXaTJWQelBmamVTwK79jB1IaCEuAh1REdR4BnMlfj0jdDHvlTR/2jNhJM pmnE43h0JPI7yJ8DbvsGg== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:KxPmN2WArMU=:krM4LoT+PFOSDSLhQuRIXQ wR2UQt6Gz0jnwFKaO8znXhVXTWeAJYPOzipz5cg0iC1XstxpTQ3t2n2iqeTF0+aNyORzQ//FY d2QyTeKoDmWUBjegmt3zRyKwOu4524E6u4q2F9DB2A4Vy4n+ZEXPag6YKNQeAL5kvp3yM09SS hfuPaEcNB+YxRJtdDfZT7adxHl2JB0ErThiW2SGyQjq0FS7AEUSecnhrduQeCzv1uUB7J0YWs qJkOh/dC1GOxsa99h/2U/eXjdKbuqQlT6+vWh3c+yKBKJsTtPWbZFvGT7VCcEn0y5o/Q0Cn34 1xvrc9HzrcC8CvyTwKLeEk3bFvZjGpOJNtMr76VxIBqP8SOsUDc3xZ8lFu3TH7auDp8cC8ZQz f1gzPJkCRqs9ORaSnnww8Jqev8gZhC3VeojaxXdyzq+zX/Ax/w+dIrT6BPivy2oVIEX2700X/ pqPip8eMKG6a/ZwcZ2Zx4ehZQqA/C+F56sTBZJlgPHbfN4m7AOfHkDfCnnKZSr/LlWdKK4e4B OaokibVwNFWwAS94wIQ6QtN/FATNi+miiFsqnY5X73+SMp+CK3JHeO0T8JHMsoXGTYqvFHWr6 tiEJ8ugqXrSyhLKGet8/2kRnOSaPIRfx0umlZ6T84CeOOxZ2NRkxmyb/II69Q9ucRLCL8b0F3 8wEaC3rc7qrW4DBoO3goQp4GTKvL5RkvY4JqLefYPIXimoqsN6CYFS4uc5WryR/9nY6+b3Hz9 vzXMoV3SSf2C0n9g2Lxqf8Z2tusVogDWupdwdN40zhHcEVL3H4VX921XXR15uvTlBUNvJ9+7I 4Ag4lxlAA71wYV2gAkeY+dUEtqvPcQGOSFxjIHv1nrijhfnd79wYMuPG/ErGIiUJNdVOzs/xA tpWLB+jIf6mlcmqliL6Ak6AitK292WRXv8AxWgUNM= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46Z9md2qGNz4L7G X-Spamd-Bar: ++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@edvax.de has no SPF policy when checking 217.72.192.75) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [4.78 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[fastmail.fm]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[13.202.222.94.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.11]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.94)[0.940,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.91)[0.906,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[75.192.72.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(0.53)[ip: (0.28), ipnet: 217.72.192.0/20(0.25), asn: 8560(2.13), country: DE(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:01:54 -0000 On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:18:57 -0400, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, at 3:40 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > > > Summary: Find out what graphics card you need to support, install > > the appropriate drivers, test with a minimal configuration first, > > then extend to what you need for your desktop environment; in case > > of errors, examine the X log file. > > > > > > Thank you. I have graphics working now such that I'm presented with > gdm and can log in to gnome3 or kde, but I don't have the option for > Cinnamon. Do I need to use a differnet display manager (like xdm)? Ideally, you should be able to launch a non-Gnome session with gdm, but gdm is ignorant and doesn't seem to support that. My suggestion is to use slim as a display manager (instead of xdm). It will then execute whatever you have in ~/.xsession. Something like this should work (not tested): exec cinnamon-session I've had a comparable setup with slim + mate as a replacement when Gnome 2 became Gnome 3 (and therefore unusable). To start slim, I think the /etc/rc.conf entry is slim_enable="YES" but I cannot tell for sure as I currently have no access to that particular system where that setup is running. Sidenote regarding graphics: Make sure you do actually use the correct one, and not just VESA. You will probably notice when window movement is slow or sluggish. For further reference if you wish to try XDM anyway (I'm one of the last ones still using and _liking_ it): https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html It's fast and does what it says on the can. Nothing more, nothing less. And customizing it isn't that hard, if you need to. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...