From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 19:31:06 2011 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 57953106564A for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 19:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F68B8FC0C for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 19:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.36]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2011 14:02:20 -0500 Received: from smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.104]) by mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.2.3-GA) with ESMTP id BKC37784; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:02:19 -0500 Received: from 209-6-86-84.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.86.84]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2011 14:02:18 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20154.52783.72357.863854@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:02:07 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20111109191557.f5ce0bfd.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4EB88225.9020702@bredband.net> <20111108205600.7a8e0205.freebsd@edvax.de> <20111108215114.24d336e6.freebsd@edvax.de> <4EBA5EBD.7020501@bredband.net> <20111109191557.f5ce0bfd.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr16.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.) 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: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:31:06 -0000 Since this has been mentioned, I though I'd take the opportunity ... Polytropon writes: > You have X without HAL and DBUS? Use xorg.conf because this > has worked for many years to centralize X configuration. > > You have X with HAL and DBUS, but don't want to use it? Reflect > this choice in xorg.conf and continue with previous settings. > > You have X with HAL and DBUS, but some things aren't detected > properly? Dive into the fun of XML and enter your settings in > the appropriate files, whichever they currently may be. :-) I have two systems - one Windows, one FreeBSD - that share monitor, keyboard, and mouse via a kvm. FreeBSD had both HAL and DBUS installed and activated in rc.conf. Scenario: I'm working on the FreeBSD system, and switch to the WIndows system (push the button on the kvm) everything's fine. But when I switch back, I an now sitting at the Xdm prompt; I'm guessing this means X has crashed. I experimented a little and discovered if I disable DBUS after initial boot, this no longer happens. (It makes some other things unhappy, but I can live with that.) Anyone have anyideas what might be happening and how to unbreak this? Robert Huff