Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online ....

[William A. Mahaffey III]

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 :-/ ....



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