Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:40 -0800 (PST) From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: R: Setting up xorg, the quick and dirty method (was "Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool") Message-ID: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wS66Zh23%2B6aNX%2ByjbsoCuHyy4aGMnAVQ6Uoach5N14=3g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Garrett; --- Gio 29/12/11, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> ha scritto: ... > > > > Getting X11 to run on virtualbox from a FreeBSD 9.0 > > CD installation is pretty much a nightmare. Is there > > something about it in the users handbook? A wiki page > > about setting up X11 on FreeBSD would do it too. > > Perhaps we should write one. > > There is a chapter in the handbook [1], but what I've > learned from the last go-around setting up X11 4 months > ago, is that it's smart to do: > > cd x11/xorg > make config-recursive > make install > # An hour or so passes by on a fast machine This is the part I specifically want to avoid. No one downloads a DVD to have to build X11 as a port. > echo 'dbus_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf > echo 'hald_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf Of course this I can do but it's something the package should do. > service dbus start > service hald start > startx > Unfortunately this is usually not enough. In the case of VirtualBox, you have to check this: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox The HAL part is not at all obvious and it is not fun to have to check this stuff on the web. For those on this list wondering ... I am not complaining, I was just commenting how horribly difficult it became to install FreeBSD and X11 compared to the past when everything would install fine with one floppy and no documentation ;). I moved to PC-BSD. Pedro.
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