From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 28 11:28:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C83516A420 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario.lobo@ipad.com.br) Received: from recife.ipad.com.br (recife.ipadnet.com.br [200.249.204.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2B513C469 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario.lobo@ipad.com.br) Received: from lobo.ipad.com.br ([192.168.64.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by recife.ipad.com.br (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l7SBS5u9008109 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:28:05 -0300 From: Mario Lobo Organization: IPAD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:03 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <46C461E3.40905@cupid.com> <200708272057.51610.wizlayer@gmail.com> <46D3BE2A.7080309@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <46D3BE2A.7080309@math.arizona.edu> X-Face: "j9,S@~?m[/.]/lb=?utf-8?q?S=5D=2EI=0A=09ITlWP=3A-?=" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200708281128.04056.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> Subject: Re: beryl on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:08 -0000 On Tuesday 28 August 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Michael Hauber wrote: > > On Thursday 16 August 2007 11:06:47 am Reid Linnemann proclaimed: > >> Written by Dan Sikorsky on 08/16/07 09:40>> > >> > >>> Is this guide OK? > >>> even if i dont have an nvidia chipset? > >>> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-47986.html > >> > >> Well, you don't need to use git to fetch the xorg code, xorg 7.2 is now > >> in ports. Since you won't be using the nvidia driver, you don't need > >> compat_5x enabled. I didn't need to enable any options in the Screen > >> section with my i845, but I did need options "composite" and "RENDER" > >> enabled in the Extensions section. > > > > I know this thread is a little dated, but this is the link I used as a > > reference while trying to get beryl working with kde on my laptop... > > > > I'm running KDE 3.5.7 on xorg 7.2 on FreeBSD 6.2-Stable. > > > > dmesg yields: > > drm0: port 0x3000-0x30ff mem > > 0x48000000-0x4fffffff,0x40300000-0x4030ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 > > info: [drm] AGP at 0x60000000 256MB > > info: [drm] Initialized radeon 1.25.0 20060524 > > > > The only difference is that I'm trying to get it to work with the KDE > > desktop rather than the Gnome desktop. > > > > I've followed the steps in the link. When I try to load Beryl however, I > > get a light-grey screen. I can rotate the cube, but it's all grey > > (except for the "gems" at the top and bottom). > > > > I'm perplexed, but I don't think it's a problem with Beryl (because of > > the rotation and the gems displaying at top and bottom of the cube)... > > Is there a trick to get beryl to work with KDE on FreeBSD? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > You should post this question on PC-BSD forums since PC-BSD 1.4 uses > Beryl as a default window manager on the KDE desktop. > Installing PC-BSD would be also the quickest and easiest way to get > fully functional KDE with Beryl as a window manager. > Have fun > Predrag > _______________________________________________ > 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" Try starting X with a .xinitrc like this: emerald & beryl-manager & exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startkde Don't forget to put DBUS_ENABLE="YES" on /etc/rc.conf -- ********************************************************** //| //| Mario Lobo // |// | http://www.ipad.com.br // // ||||||| FreeBSD since 2.2.8 - 100% Rwindows-free **********************************************************