From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 13:08:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C79CC88; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22a.google.com (mail-oa0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22a]) (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 29E46262D; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id n16so3319744oag.29 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:08:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=j+PK3hf9i6hbqwyWTKnYiei3LSJ2Suk+5BWDawDFs/w=; b=njtrL52JFtJgNcjWkNwG00bmo33m0noSdvXGILPLkuSL91rxK9jF+/P6nMc5hjNLe4 siiF9I4hjV4vDNg7j31cFK9aU5saNAOdU5x6Fi3crjWVnrOMvZU14apgKBgPWsDYVcv1 CIdwJFt5iNSycBSWGL/u/7CL+H4H1A3sEP5rFpD4xtrugTNC2GQnlqWLukOtWtWjQzVp BjK2R6JzGCVnKBgKMvJzmKvIzqdp4CoCYfrbPVhxBt0Wkwatv2d/yvvewBojQC4r/Hmq oiy8WoeV7/Jbry1+U2+dB/sAHApGN9B9GtRs2efMOaXEuBAUTlJUSKTh+gGNjDkEYIsw x5Gg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.96.200 with SMTP id du8mr1205361oeb.74.1408280928326; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:08:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.87.165 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:08:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53F095B4.3000206@hiwaay.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <53EE2CF3.8030700@hiwaay.net> <53F095B4.3000206@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:08:48 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... From: Andreas Nilsson To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD X11 mailing list , FreeBSD Questions !!!! , owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:08:49 -0000 On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:44 PM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 08/17/14 04:08, flo@snakeoilproductions.net wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> On 2014-08-15 17:53, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> Xdm uses .xinitrc to start a "something" right? Please show your >>> .xinitrc >>> I guess you're trying to use xfce, have you verified that all required >>> packages are installed ( xfce, xorg-server, xf86-video*, xf86-input*? >>> What graphics hw are you using? Which xorg-stack ( new /old)? >>> Are you using a xorg.conf or using default on-the-fly-config? >>> Best regards >>> Andreas >>> >>> OK, here goes, see attached. Whenever I startx from the command line >>> after a console login, XFCE starts up & operates AOK, so I would guess >>> the install is OK. Gfx hw is a jaguar kabini CPU, w/ GPU on die w/ >>> CPU. >>> gfx is too new for X.org support, so I am using the vesa driver. >>> .xinitrc: exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 >>> >> >> Maybe I'm missing the point here entirely, but xdm uses $HOME/.xsession. >> A missing .xsession has quite the same symptoms, and since XFCE works >> fine after startx, >> which indeed uses $HOME/.xinitrc, you might try >> % echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4' >$HOME/.xsession >> and then restart xdm. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> florian >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> > Long thread here, you could backtracck it if you're sufficiently > bored/motivated .... short answer is whenever I use the .xsession (i.e. xdm > managing the login), it doesn't work, pretty much no matter what I tried > .... I'm back to console login followed by startx, works for now .... > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > Have you tried to use truss/dtrace to see what happens when startxfce4 is run? Or perhaps just editing startxfce4 script to have #!/bin/sh -x . The startxfce4 script seems to run the commands in xinitrc, found in .config/xfce4/xinitrc $HOME/.xfce4/.xinitrc or /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc . Have a look at it, it might help you in your investigation. If you wish to pursue the further, that is. Best regards Andreas