Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online ....

Fri Aug 15 17:25:53 UTC 2014

On 08/15/14 12:21, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:59 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> I tried to attach 2 files & only 1 came through ..... Here is the
>> Xorg.0.log ....
>>
> Thanks. It did attach.
>
> Well since it works with plain startx it seems unlikely that xorg is to
> blame.
>
> Perhaps you could add something like ulimit -c 512 to xinitrc to see if
> there is a segfault or something. I don't use xfce, but maybe there is a
> switch which can enable more logging?
>
> The xorg.conf puzzels me, it specifies nvidia as driver? Why?
>
> But I'm out of ideas. Everything seems to start ok, and then something goes
> wrong.
>
> Best regards
> Andreas
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Hmmmm .... I don't know what got attached, my xorg.conf specifies vesa 
gfx driver ....

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