From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 29 23:26:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEDB41065678 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pfg@freebsd.org) Received: from nm40-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm40-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2D308FC0C for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.51] by nm40.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Dec 2011 23:13:41 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.192] by tm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Dec 2011 23:13:41 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1050.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Dec 2011 23:13:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 49957.36987.bm@omp1050.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 23723 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Dec 2011 23:13:40 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1325200420; bh=08tIBKgbRiWuIbBmFRGZQ2C9yP4boMRXBpqOiyKdy/0=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-RocketYMMF:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=fSGeQEX53tnEIwZYdDrDTsa68X2dbEAdoylDaRKxnncTBhRdCjAdIqboYpcjeYpT9Tqq/aZ6gbN3uCwCr2x56u23lHyD2GFByvkmyx4Xgx1+M95nLyo+TqkE1oOapHP+QyaUMszRTxeVtFB5RV4VIXcnkZ6Q1YNGr/2z4PEuq/8= X-YMail-OSG: 97JQEeEVM1niN7Qyw1eTlBwp8z3ChdgN6kby5wt1vybU9Tn vkRhVKvQZOeIk1ESJmzOQvY8BOuk55YTpXwrLXYXWZ.l83td37.J721ORSFZ b3BT.6YwSvGc4FgTQjPSrMFe7LxSaPwsnIoZjyHBG4ChHI55QjFO87cS1GAB uv2ICtnW2lGIWTkPFBuOILCsZ6PIAtWRAGzxjcTUW45uiwWzxUQxhr6dhIQf qEYVC.KDI0Vd3n1s2_Ky_vVL6oGM7cvvaKnKR2aBgXS9hp2SQZmrNi2lv2A7 IFEyf4zIWW.2TcLA0AEcGkqNzKLn2TX5OCJZuGdm2ztuPMUhcd8loJ6..z_p kT5FUNHKDgnTrdVssIgEa5uPal2nH2AmaAa8k22UckzPUTkPxqoEXTZu1.1j 2Zm4YtF4SMdl5KO4Oi__fuGjnIFvKD7qJvqhkq8w77AA6Iz6AoSQJ9J7yoI2 JfldNH7rocSX7OQtWoT37CuFgwWDc8lP.7hSwp._eeSdMHwymMC7JjylQIO_ md9FwX0DQV4YKxF82Z0uE4YMA.eUv9Mx20465MEw- Received: from [200.118.157.7] by web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:40 PST X-RocketYMMF: giffunip X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/15.0.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698 Message-ID: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:40 -0800 (PST) From: Pedro Giffuni To: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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") X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pfg@freebsd.org List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:26:03 -0000 Hi Garrett;=0A=0A--- Gio 29/12/11, Garrett Cooper ha s= critto:=0A...=0A> >=0A> > Getting X11 to run on virtualbox from a FreeBSD 9= .0=0A> > CD installation is pretty much a nightmare. Is there=0A> > somethi= ng about it in the users handbook? A wiki page=0A> > about setting up X11 o= n FreeBSD would do it too.=0A> > Perhaps we should write one.=0A> =0A> Ther= e is a chapter in the handbook [1], but what I've=0A> learned from the last= go-around setting up X11 4 months=0A> ago, is that it's smart to do:=0A> = =0A> cd x11/xorg=0A> make config-recursive=0A> make install=0A> # An hour o= r so passes by on a fast machine=0A=0AThis is the part I specifically want = to avoid. No=0Aone downloads a DVD to have to build X11 as a port.=0A=0A=0A= > echo 'dbus_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf=0A> echo 'hald_enable=3D"YES"'= >> /etc/rc.conf=0A=0AOf course this I can do but it's something=0Athe pack= age should do.=0A=0A> service dbus start=0A> service hald start=0A> startx= =0A>=0A=0AUnfortunately this is usually not enough. In the=0Acase of Virtua= lBox, you have to check this:=0Ahttp://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox=0A=0AThe= HAL part is not at all obvious and it is not=0Afun to have to check this s= tuff on the web.=0A=0AFor those on this list wondering ... I am not=0Acompl= aining, I was just commenting how horribly=0Adifficult it became to install= FreeBSD and X11=0Acompared to the past when everything would install=0Afin= e with one floppy and no documentation ;).=0A=0AI moved to PC-BSD.=0A=0APed= ro. =0A