From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 18:39:07 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDC18352 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x233.google.com (mail-pd0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A37FEF56 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f179.google.com with SMTP id w10so3301929pde.38 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:39:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=U6kuRYFQMYHgE87en+VPALBoTiI6bKe8wrVEjEeB6uk=; b=brDFQ6U7+u0D3eru9FP46M1AoHfgXBPutZin/WmyLUB21zyk7PsrsOZGUuon0wR7fs VuTHXXv1PsTHhhl+4S9KJQpj/LGk3CK27rYSDrC1nQW+tJ4BllkcQZKUCT7YwSvgmiC4 zWVn/PGUA8DzeTZo55XgTYvFNq1yDKALEh5RpkWgwzaMPZzK/hC5k/89r7e4c1ipwTTY FeKk6nyaFzHNZJfzxtwItG5aXLJwVdSHVTD55fCgle23DuB+wUfBpmsTl/ANjrDrsfHq ewDV+JDTTUAEShjpLw9FFPprmP2J9/7GKBoDP7qf9CbmbAKg51BfkTdNSrg9T3jvPmPd Q+fw== X-Received: by 10.66.155.2 with SMTP id vs2mr55555622pab.135.1417027146899; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:39:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (76-218-80-47.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net. [76.218.80.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c3sm4926922pbu.76.2014.11.26.10.39.06 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:39:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54761E49.60503@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:39:05 -0700 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm questions References: <16052.1417026643@allegro.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <16052.1417026643@allegro.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:39:07 -0000 On 11/26/2014 11:30 AM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I suggest that you config the guest VM to use some other sequence different to Ctrl-Alt-Fn.