Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:25:36 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ed Lerner <emlerne@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 8 on an HP Pavilion TX2510US Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001052217050.12484@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <df5095d91001051809m6e15975dja0641d0d181d9950@mail.gmail.com> References: <df5095d91001051809m6e15975dja0641d0d181d9950@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Ed Lerner wrote: > Hello, > > I have been wanting to put FreeBSD on my laptop for some time now. I backed > up all of my files to a separate HD. I burned 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso to a > DVD and installed it on my laptop, removing all partitions so FreeBSD is my > sole OS. I also used the FreeBSD boot manager. I have attempted a number of > different settings variations and installations. My problem is that FreeBSD > seems to install properly, yet I cannot get to a GUI. I have added all ports > and specifically checked the GNOME packages. When I attempt to run 'gdm', I > get returned: > > ** (gdm-binary:878): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to > connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory You need to start the GNOME services (including dbus): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html Short form: add gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and restart. For the future, it's often helpful to identify the notebook you're using. You might find information on specific models here: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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