Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online ....

William A. Mahaffey III wam at hiwaay.net
Fri Aug 15 17:11:15 UTC 2014 

On 08/15/14 09:26, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:11 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at kabini1, /etc, 9:06:39am] 413 % date
>> Fri Aug 15 09:06:43 CDT 2014
>> [root at 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 at 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
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For some reason, I can't get the Xorg.0.log to attach, sorry .... Here 
are the last 40-ish lines:

( tail -49 /var/log/Xorg.0.log )
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
(==) USB Keyboard: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) USB Keyboard: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) USB Keyboard: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Keyboard" (type: MOUSE)
(**) USB Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) USB Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) USB Keyboard: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
(II) USB Keyboard: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
(II) config/hal: Adding input device USB Keyboard
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
         compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.8.0
         Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
         ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
(**) USB Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "base"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard
(**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "base"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(II) VESA(0): Setting up VESA Mode 0x1D4 (1680x1050)
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(==) VESA(0): Write-combining range (0x0,0x1000) was already clear
(**) Option "BaudRate" "1200"
(**) Option "StopBits" "2"
(**) Option "DataBits" "8"
(**) Option "Parity" "None"
(**) Option "Vmin" "1"
(**) Option "Vtime" "0"
(**) Option "FlowControl" "None"
[root at kabini1, /etc, 12:16:26pm] 353 %

May not help much, since I rebooted once since your post, sorry :-/ ....

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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