Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 00:48:21 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly Message-ID: <20181203004821.6c882156.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkM7Ma7Hn0ESrniGBTE6847FUPVwpHw79x4om3QMjHGxHg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkMd5jZ-DRj%2BUC0r%2B%2BfQPkzxW-_3d7jkEVFzWox6xfX_6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAP7QzkPeWsmUSvxUQpQKASnz5r1LJPR27f9t9t%2BjfDW_iweQzQ@mail.gmail.com> <20181202231414.bc873ae8.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAP7QzkM7Ma7Hn0ESrniGBTE6847FUPVwpHw79x4om3QMjHGxHg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 22:51:30 +0000, B J wrote: > <snip> > > > Nothing, that is the correct behaviour. In order to get > > a window manager or desktop environment, just install it. ;-) > > > > Further details: > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html > > I can't get a proper display when I run: > > xinit mate-session You should initalize ~/.xinitrc properly, then "startx" will be fully sufficient. For example, in case of MATE, the line exec mate-session should do the trick. When the mate-session program exits, the X server will shut down as intended. > I get the following message: > > scfb trace: probe start > scfb trace: probe done > failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument > xinit: connection to X server lost > waiting for X server to shut down failed to unset mtrr: No such file > or directory (II) > Server terminated successfully (0). > Closing log file. > > Is this a serious problem? If so, how can I fix it? Thanks. Looks a bit suspicious, but could be due to missing startup file. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for "EE" lines which indicate errors. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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