From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 16:51:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEB51D1C; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 549052944; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-19-81.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7FGp8X0018605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:51:09 -0500 Message-ID: <53EE3BF4.3070605@hiwaay.net> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:57:24 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list , "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------030005050608090608050404" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 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: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:51:12 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030005050608090608050404 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/15/14 09:26, Andreas Nilsson wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:11 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <[1]wam@hiwaay.net> wrote: On 08/14/14 15:52, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: On 08/14/14 00:24, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:29:42 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:08pm] 316 % grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log* /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER /var/log/Xorg.0.log:(EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: unknown error (null) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER As you can see, "config/hal: couldn't initialise context: unknown error (null)" is a very helpful message. :-) [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:15pm] 317 % grep hal /var/log/messages Aug 5 08:47:54 kabini1 pkg: hal-0.5.14_26 installed Aug 5 09:16:51 kabini1 root: /usr/sbin/service: WARNING: $hald_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5). This is what you should have a look at. You sould have hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf file. [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:19pm] 318 % service hal start hal does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d) Yes, it's "service hald start". The service's name is "hald" for "HAL daemon", and HAL means "hardware abstraction layer", a technology "mandatory" to X (unless you "uncomple" it), deprecated in Linux long time ago. :-) [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:43:23pm] 319 % man hal No manual entry for hal See "man hald". There are many more manpages referenced in the "SEE ALSO" section. hald is in fact running, & both entries are in my rc.conf file .... A little more input, from login attempt about 5 min. ago: [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:32am] 411 % ll -tr ~wam/.xsession* -rwxr-xr-x 1 wam users 34 Aug 8 18:22 /home/wam/.xsession* -rw------- 1 wam users 355 Aug 15 09:05 /home/wam/.xsession-errors [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:37am] 412 % more ~wam/.xsession-errors /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 xrdb: "XTerm*saveLines" on line 76 overrides entry on line 61 (process:6932): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. XDM authorization key matches an existing client!xfce4-session: Cannot open display: . Type 'xfce4-session --help' for usage. [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:39am] 413 % date Fri Aug 15 09:06:43 CDT 2014 [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:06:43am] 414 % xfce4-session --help Usage: xfce4-session [OPTION...] Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options Application Options: --disable-tcp Disable binding to TCP ports -V, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:07:02am] 415 % Any clues appreciated :-/ .... -- William A. Mahaffey III Could you post the whole Xorg.0.log? 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 -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. References 1. mailto:wam@hiwaay.net --------------030005050608090608050404 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="xorg.conf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="xorg.conf" # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # keyboard added by rhpxl Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x960" HorizSync 31.5 - 64.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection # Section "Device" # Identifier "Videocard0" # Driver "nv" # EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection --------------030005050608090608050404--