Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:12 -0800 From: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues Message-ID: <6A95C31A-3F7D-11D7-8346-000A278CC960@antsclimbtree.com> In-Reply-To: <1045155124.308.14.camel@gyros>
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On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 08:52 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 04:42, Mark Edwards wrote: >> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 02:30 PM, Scott A. Moberly wrote: >> >>>>> My two cents in here real quick, what does: >>>>> >>>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86 >>>>> >>>>> give? >>>> >>>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86 >>>> XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_6 XFree86-4 include/(shared) library kit >>>> imake-4.2.0_1 Imake and other utilities from XFree86 >>> >>> First of all you probably need to install: >>> >>> XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.2.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts >>> >>> to deal with the explicit problem on your X startup. >>> >>> Though this may not work as you also want the following packages: >>> >>> XFree86-Server-4.2.1_7 XFree86-4 X server and related programs >>> XFree86-clients-4.2.1_2 XFree86-4 Client environments >>> XFree86-font100dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts >>> XFree86-font75dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts >>> XFree86-fontEncodings-4.2.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files >>> XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Scalable font files >>> wrapper-1.0_2 Wrapper for XFree86-4 server >>> freetype2-2.1.3_1 A free and portable TrueType font rendering >>> engine >>> >>> Some aren't strictly necessary, but... >>> >>> If you are in a rush you could install these one by one (starting >>> with >>> default fonts) until you are up and running >>> >>> otherwise make install clean deinstall everything you 'think' you >>> have >>> and >>> start from scratch. >> >> Okay, well I've made some progress, but still can't get gdm/gnome >> running with 2.2. >> >> I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running. All of the >> ports mentioned above are installed. I am able to run xf86cfg >> graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which loads >> fine. >> >> However, when I do: >> >> sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start >> >> I get: >> >> Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display >> server >> several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 > > I would need to see the X log to know if it's a gdm problem. However, > I've never tried starting gdm under sudo. Well, the same behavior occurs if I just restart the machine and let the script be triggered normally, so I doubt that sudo has anything to do with it. Also, I successfully started gdm many times this way under gnome 2.0. I have posted /var/log/:0.log and var/log/XFree86.0.log here: http://mark.antsclimbtree.com/Xlog.txt Thanks. -- Mark Edwards San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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