Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:39:05 -0600 From: Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com>, freebsdQuestions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem Message-ID: <D5276C30-F75D-4C2B-9C21-F80502CFA30D@slsware.net> In-Reply-To: <867fnr1lwy.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151329030.76298@wonkity.com> <E6FDE819-14B8-4906-8E9C-F297341781E7@slsware.net> <867fnr1lwy.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Brandon J. Wandersee = <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> wrote: > That's not likely to accomplish anything. It might. I think I missed a step in the original install. I started = over a few minutes ago. > You say that you can't "quit > back to the console," which in my mind could mean two different > things. Ah! Nothing works, mouse, keyboard, nothing except the power button. > First, try adding the lines Warren mentioned to the > /boot/loader.conf file. Into the empty file. OK. > Some graphics adapters, like the newer Intel i* > series, require the new vt(8) console in order to work properly. This is a SuperMicro with a low end Radeon graphics card. If vt(7) = doesn't work I'll try vt(8). > Second, if you're saying you can't actually quit from the desktop--as > in, you can't click the "Logoff" button in the session menu--it's = likely > because you haven't started XFCE with ConsoleKit. See above. > You need to start XFCE > from your ~/.xinitrc file (or session file, if you're using a display > manager) with the line: >=20 > exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 IIRC, that's what I did to gwt the XFCE desktop. But I'll try it again. > That will enable the log-out, shutdown and reboot functions. That's what I need. It's a significantly better looking GUI than the = same thing in Linux. But in Linux it pays attention to the mouse :-) > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools.' > - Douglas Adams Or Linux geeks... > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 Glenn English
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