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RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[a.2.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.994,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; IP_SCORE(-2.55)[ip: (-9.82), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.55), asn: 15169(-1.32), country: US(-0.09)] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 04:06:47 -0000 I've done some more tinkering and this is what I have so far: - I start with xterm when I run startx - the pull-down menus appear to work - I can change settings, such as the desktop background, through Control Center - the display still insists it's at 1280 x 1024 when it's supposed default to 1024 x 768, but I can change it with xrandr - at the suggestion of several sources, including what was on the URLs I sent, I added the following to /etc/fstab: proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 I'm not sure if that made any difference (I recall having to add something like that in earlier versions of FreeBSD/Gnome, but that didn't seem to be necessary for my other installations) - I'm able to run applications such as Firefox and VLC, but those were already installed and configured under Xfce - external drives, such as a USB stick, don't appear to mount - I can drag windows, files, and directories, but the response is slow I also got this following message in the xterm window: ** (mate-settings-daemon:868): WARNING **: : There was a problem when setting QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1: GDBus.Error:org.gnome.SessionManager.NotInInitialization: Setenv interface is only available during the Initialization phase This libgtop was complied on FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p5 amd64 If you see strange problems caused by it, you should recompile kibgtop and dependent applications. [1544066549,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] I'm not sure what to make of it. I appear to be making some progress, but I'm not sure what else to check. Close, but no cigar, as they say. B. M. Jatzeck