Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment

[Palle Girgensohn]

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 at 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 at longcount.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming at 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 at longcount.org
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