From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Sep 17 22:29:11 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A64A9CE2AA for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghe@slsware.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242221200 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghe@slsware.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 231439CE2A9; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A2F9CE2A8 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghe@slsware.net) Received: from srv.slsware.net (srv.slsware.net [216.17.134.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0693C11FF for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghe@slsware.net) Received: from air.slsware.wif (unknown [192.168.2.237]) by srv.slsware.net (srv.slsware.net) with ESMTP id 952F42C08F0 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:29:04 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem From: Glenn English X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v3.00.11.18 BETA/60 In-Reply-To: <55FADDE7.9000702@bananmonarki.se> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:28:50 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0F355724-42C6-4DB4-A470-7AC8D7667CEA@slsware.net> References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <55FADDE7.9000702@bananmonarki.se> To: freebsdQuestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:29:11 -0000 OK. Some progress. I think I may have tried too hard. I was working from = :A FreeBSD 10 Desktop How-to". I tried another install using just = defaults (except for turning off games and turning on NTP). It almost = works. It will boot, run in a console (I don't think it switches from one = workspace to another). And pkg xorg and pkg xfce work. And when I = starxfce4, it comes up with the mouse and the keyboard working as = expected. I can install widgets in the panel, the terminal emulator = works. But selecting logout in the menu drops XFCE as it should, but it drops = to a completely blank screen with nothing paying any attention at mouse = or screen. I tried ctl-n, ctl-alt-n, and just alt-n. Nothing. After a reboot, I brought up X again, and typed, among some other = things, ctl-alt-1, and X froze just like it did before. I'm trying to get used to the way things are done in FreeBSD, and I = truly believe it can all be done, but things doesn't work like they do = in Debian.=20 I can't even get a thumb-drive mounted. When I put one in, there's text = saying that da0 and da0s1 have been noticed. If I type 'mount /dev/da0 = /mnt', it says that /dev/da0 is an invalid param (or something like = that). So I tried 'mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt'. Same error message. I looked = at man, and it looked like a -t was what it was looking for, so I added = -t msdosfs to the command IIRC, I got a different error message, but it = didn't mount. I don't have a problem with things being different, but the = documentation on how to get this stuff working requires that I have it = working to read the dox. Does anyone know of an accurate set of instructions on the 'Net for a = BSD install. Is there anything that really need editing after a really = basic install (the one I just did had to download pkg when I tried to = get xorg installed :-) This is getting frustrating. --=20 Glenn English