Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:39:13 +0300 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> 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: <82986BC9-3FCD-45A4-B268-EDB894F96513@pingpong.net> In-Reply-To: <CAKhF0wdcdPYiEH9eA7bQcznAt1JEBW7oDSrqNDY-1DM8Y796=g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKhF0wcftS%2BUVjDb9pNZ8BE35dfEhNsXr=u0uYuj9qzFZUiySA@mail.gmail.com> <ACC1952B-F8CE-45AE-87F2-00B785103CF9@longcount.org> <CAKhF0wdcdPYiEH9eA7bQcznAt1JEBW7oDSrqNDY-1DM8Y796=g@mail.gmail.com>
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boot into single user mode and remount root filesystem read-write and mount all other fses this way: mount -u -o rw / mount -a Then you can edit rc.conf > 25 apr 2014 kl. 11:28 skrev Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com>: > > Dear Mark, > > I can't modify /etc/rc.conf. I can't use my keyboard. The system keeps > rebooting into gdm. I can't use Single User Mode either. The root > filesystem is mounted read-only. I can't make changes to /etc/rc.conf. What > can I do? > > Thank you. > > Regards, > > Teo En Ming > > >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> 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.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"home | help
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