Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:44:52 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... Message-ID: <53F095B4.3000206@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <a7845f2a9d0d4594e5a3762fe1487c1b@snakeoilproductions.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <CAPS9%2BSvmWzAn5RkHcr6e3LRpeS18j4ys444_hU8PqsLSXGc7Xg@mail.gmail.com> <53EE2CF3.8030700@hiwaay.net> <a7845f2a9d0d4594e5a3762fe1487c1b@snakeoilproductions.net>
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On 08/17/14 04:08, flo@snakeoilproductions.net wrote: > Greetings, > > On 2014-08-15 17:53, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> Xdm uses .xinitrc to start a "something" right? Please show your >> .xinitrc >> I guess you're trying to use xfce, have you verified that all >> required >> packages are installed ( xfce, xorg-server, xf86-video*, xf86-input*? >> What graphics hw are you using? Which xorg-stack ( new /old)? >> Are you using a xorg.conf or using default on-the-fly-config? >> Best regards >> Andreas >> >> OK, here goes, see attached. Whenever I startx from the command line >> after a console login, XFCE starts up & operates AOK, so I would >> guess >> the install is OK. Gfx hw is a jaguar kabini CPU, w/ GPU on die w/ >> CPU. >> gfx is too new for X.org support, so I am using the vesa driver. >> .xinitrc: exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > > Maybe I'm missing the point here entirely, but xdm uses $HOME/.xsession. > A missing .xsession has quite the same symptoms, and since XFCE works > fine after startx, > which indeed uses $HOME/.xinitrc, you might try > % echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4' >$HOME/.xsession > and then restart xdm. > > Sincerely, > > > florian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Long thread here, you could backtracck it if you're sufficiently bored/motivated .... short answer is whenever I use the .xsession (i.e. xdm managing the login), it doesn't work, pretty much no matter what I tried .... I'm back to console login followed by startx, works for now .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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