From nobody Thu Aug 07 05:15:57 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4byFlD6Jmdz63lXL for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:16:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@telaman.net.au) Received: from actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au (actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au [103.11.147.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4byFlB2xFMz4MD0 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:16:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@telaman.net.au) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=telaman.net.au header.s=default header.b=VCRHNitW; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@telaman.net.au designates 103.11.147.171 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@telaman.net.au; dmarc=none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=telaman.net.au; s=default; h=MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=IYq7O/C+o338g/Tc1rz6T2Iwg3dukrfFGb9J4vH5Dn0=; b=VCRHNitWrNTsq3Owd9HkiIWhVL QadbWngLu39bkSzQyFsx9GgaJwsOkFzlMLYVUBc/GWccWLI3//8eTwo4Kvif1t3e32ypL+x/nsQQz 7mTz8gF1bUPdF38lu3S6ev9UbHHSS/V8G1g6uVJq43mNlphHIQUzO+DXTSf95SCYddWIS1vwo3uER ClSjqy0XF+iLgSSAeOLi1Mm8Q8yzFfPTyoUj3yfe+VbFL895zpktTVBY7ivTzx+xSIPsLY/0D1M+b 9frYtZZRNIZfoI+Yiy+efaLK5+6kg25sm3r9p7m995hwiM0+AFX2cL8rnvoUDbo2GXnPyf/JIiJn6 gW165BsA==; Received: from [206.83.118.158] (port=60956 helo=[192.168.1.212]) by actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.1) (envelope-from ) id 1ujsza-000000002Nf-1GFP for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:16:43 +1000 Message-ID: <874f04578d94dbf6ed1b8d97da72e54f88946fb7.camel@telaman.net.au> Subject: Re: fstab From: David To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:15:57 +1000 In-Reply-To: References: <6d790589-f0ef-4026-aed3-f013ed813311@telaman.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - telaman.net.au X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au: authenticated_id: freebsd@telaman.net.au X-Authenticated-Sender: actcsvr17.gohosting.com.au: freebsd@telaman.net.au X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.78 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.960]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.78)[-0.783]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.74)[-0.739]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.20)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:103.11.147.171]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[telaman.net.au:s=default]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; HAS_X_SOURCE(0.00)[]; HAS_X_GMSV(0.00)[freebsd@telaman.net.au]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[telaman.net.au]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; HAS_X_AS(0.00)[freebsd@telaman.net.au]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[telaman.net.au:+]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; HAS_X_ANTIABUSE(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:9290, ipnet:103.11.144.0/22, country:AU]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4byFlB2xFMz4MD0 X-Spamd-Bar: -- 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(=C2=A0mount -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=E2=80=99ll be happy to try and reprodu= ce > the issue on my end. > If the module is supposed to be loaded dynamically then please check > kldstat output as well and see required=C2=A0modules 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 >=20 > On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 9:12=E2=80=AFAM David wro= te: > > Hullo, > >=20 > >=20 > > Installing FreeBSD to an Optiplex 980. > >=20 > > On installing Gnome as a desktop, and restarting, I get a fault to > > the=20 > > effect that the FStype is wrong. > >=20 > > I'm following directions in the handbook. > >=20 > > What I have is: > >=20 > >=20 > > # Device=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Mountpoint FStype=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 > > Options=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=20 > > Dump=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Pass# > >=20 > > proc=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 /proc procfs=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 rw =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20 > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 > >=20 > >=20 > > I can't see what's wrong. > >=20 > > Can anybody point to what I'm missing? > >=20 > > Thanks for any time and trouble. > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Thanks & Regards > Rupesh Pilania