Re: fstab

On Mon, 2025-08-04 at 16:20 +0530, Rupesh Pilania wrote:
> Hello David,
> Your fstab configuration looks fine and should work as expected. One
> possibility is that you're using a custom kernel that doesn't have
> PROCFS support enabled.

No, the vanilla kernel as supplied with the 14.3 install.

> Could you please verify whether PROCFS is included in your kernel
> configuration?

Yes, I ran that.

>  Additionally, try mounting the filesystem manually( mount -t procfs
> proc /proc) and let me know the exact error message you receive.
> If you can share the exact FreeBSD version and platform (e.g.,
> architecture or hardware model), I’ll be happy to try and reproduce
> the issue on my end.
> If the module is supposed to be loaded dynamically then please check
> kldstat output as well and see required modules are loaded.

I think it wound up being a gdm problem.
It didn't seem to want to load.
I've dropped gnome, now, and xfce is working - for the most part - I
just have to do some fine tuning.
I'm sending this with evolution on the new install.
Thanking you.

> Thanks & Regards,
> Rupesh Pilania
> 
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM David <FreeBSD@telaman.net.au> wrote:
> > Hullo,
> > 
> > 
> > Installing FreeBSD to an Optiplex 980.
> > 
> > On installing Gnome as a desktop, and restarting, I get a fault to
> > the 
> > effect that the FStype is wrong.
> > 
> > I'm following directions in the handbook.
> > 
> > What I have is:
> > 
> > 
> > # Device              Mountpoint FStype              
> > Options          
> > Dump          Pass#
> > 
> > proc                     /proc procfs                  rw          
> >     
> >     0                   0
> > 
> > 
> > I can't see what's wrong.
> > 
> > Can anybody point to what I'm missing?
> > 
> > Thanks for any time and trouble.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks & Regards
> Rupesh Pilania