On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Mark, > > I had enabled dbus and hald in /etc/rc.conf but it didn't work out. I > still cannot type anything with my keyboard in gnome desktop environment. > > But here's the good news: > > I have disabled gdm to start on boot, then I start gnome manually by > executing "startx", and I can type in gnome desktop environment! > > But if I enable gdm at bootup and login to gnome desktop environment > through gdm, I won't be able to type anything with my keyboard in gnome > desktop environment. > > I suspect it has something to do with X.org X server. > > Anybody knows the reason why? > > Thank you very much. > > Teo En Ming > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad <nones...@longcount.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.m...@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.s...@longcount.org >> >> > Teo Personally I use slim x11/slim and windowmaker x11/wmaker in place of gdm an gnome so I can not say off hand. This would be better served on the FreeBSD-Gnome list , you can find that lists info here http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome . It could be any number of gnome issues . -- mark saad | nones...@longcount.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
