Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:20:56 -0400 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment Message-ID: <ACC1952B-F8CE-45AE-87F2-00B785103CF9@longcount.org> In-Reply-To: <CAKhF0wcftS%2BUVjDb9pNZ8BE35dfEhNsXr=u0uYuj9qzFZUiySA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual machine/guest > operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating > system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. > > I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following commands: > > # pkg install xorg > > # pkg install gnome2 > > # pkg install nano > > # nano /etc/fstab > > ====================================== > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > ============================================ > > # nano /etc/rc.conf > > ======================================= > > gdm_enable="YES" > gnome_enable="YES" > ============================================= > > The following command is to allow startx to be executed. > > > *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc* > > > > *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming* > > *************************************************************************** > > I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after > logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything > with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use > my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm. > I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify > /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I > do? > > I am looking forward to your reply. > > Yours sincerely, > > Teo En Ming You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf , then either reboot the vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also check out the links below . http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.orghelp
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