From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 13 10: 3:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8526337B401 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilbuddy.antsclimbtree.com (lilbuddy.antsclimbtree.com [216.27.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCAA43F75 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@antsclimbtree.com) Received: from amore.antsclimbtree.com ([192.168.1.2] helo=antsclimbtree.com) by lilbuddy.antsclimbtree.com with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.12) id 18jNhS-0000rl-00; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:06 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:12 -0800 Subject: Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG To: Joe Marcus Clarke From: Mark Edwards In-Reply-To: <1045155124.308.14.camel@gyros> Message-Id: <6A95C31A-3F7D-11D7-8346-000A278CC960@antsclimbtree.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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