Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:30:43 -0800 From: Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: xdm questions Message-ID: <16052.1417026643@allegro.localdomain>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, I'm a FreeBSD newbie but a reasonably experienced Solaris/Linux user. I recently installed FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE into a VirtualBox guest, upgraded to 10.1-RELEASE, and then installed xorg, xfce, and xdm using "pkg install". I've got a couple questions about my experiences. 1. I tried running xdm without setting ~/.xsession to run Xfce. Upon logging in, I expected to get a simple session with twm and/or an xterm. Instead, I got bounced back to the xdm login screen. The problem was that the Xsession script wanted to run xsm, but that package wasn't installed. Shouldn't the xdm package have a dependency on the xsm package? 2. I had to reboot single-user in order to troubleshoot and fix the xsm issue. I had expected to be able to use Alt+Fn to switch to a non-xdm-controlled virtual terminal, but Alt+F1 etc. have no effect when X is running. I have since reviewed the FAQ, and I now understand that with X running, I should have used Ctrl+Alt+F1, not Alt+F1. Unfortunately, Ctrl+Alt+F1 causes the VirtualBox *host* to switch to a different virtual terminal. Is it possible to configure FreeBSD to use a key combination other than Ctrl+Alt+Fn? freebsd-version: 10.1-RELEASE uname -a: FreeBSD ernie.localdomain 10.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE #0 r274401: Tue Nov 11 21:02:49 UTC 2014 root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 FWIW, the host is running Debian7. thanks, mike
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?16052.1417026643>