From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 01:53:07 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 A83C61065670 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:53:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655EB8FC1A for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pBU1r6oc037801; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:53:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pBU1r4Cu037798; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:53:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:53:04 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Pedro Giffuni In-Reply-To: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:53:06 -0700 (MST) Cc: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:53:07 -0000 On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hi Garrett; > > --- Gio 29/12/11, Garrett Cooper ha scritto: > ... >> 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 What more did you have to do? Installing xorg and enabling/starting dbus and hal is all I did on a fresh install of 9.0-RC3 amd64 in VirtualBox just now. > The HAL part is not at all obvious and it is not > fun to have to check this stuff on the web. It is in the Handbook X11 config section. Or you can turn off AutoAddDevices in xorg.conf and hal is not needed. That's also in the Handbook X11 config section. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html