Actually, this looks like it might be the problem: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=145071127402451&w=2
It is late here, so i will quit for now, but Antoine, to answer your question, yes i did do the steps from pkg-readmes/gnome-* To start GDM, I simply let rc do it: $ cat /etc/rc.conf.local apmd_flags="-A" ## enables suspend and power mgmt hotplugd_flags="" ## needed to start hotplugd for toad multicast=YES pkg_scripts=${pkg_scripts} messagebus cupsd avahi_daemon gdm sshd_flags=NO $ I have also killed gdm and started it from the shell with the same result. Here is /var/log/gdm : # ls -alrt total 148 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 653 May 15 13:10 :1.log.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 653 May 15 13:10 :2.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 653 May 15 13:10 :3.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 653 May 15 13:10 :4.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 653 May 15 13:10 :5.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 532 Jul 28 21:27 :1-greeter.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 9473 Jul 28 21:27 :1.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 567 Jul 29 00:34 :0-greeter.log.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 341 Jul 29 00:35 :0-greeter.log.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 249 Jul 29 00:35 :0.log.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 00:43 :1.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 601 Jul 29 00:43 :1-greeter.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 249 Jul 29 00:44 :0.log.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 791 Jul 29 00:45 :0-greeter.log.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 00:45 :0.log.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7814 Jul 29 01:24 :0.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 599 Jul 29 01:24 :0-greeter.log.1 drwx--x--x 2 root _gdm 512 Jul 29 01:24 . -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 666 Jul 29 01:25 :0-greeter.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root _gdm 7611 Jul 29 01:25 :0.log drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 1536 Jul 29 02:08 .. # cat \:0-greeter.log (gnome-settings-daemon:7028): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Unable to inhibit keypresses: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.login1 was not provided by any .service files gnome-session-binary[20542]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed gnome-session-binary[20542]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (gnome-settings-daemon:7028): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. gnome-session-binary[20542]: WARNING: App 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' exited with code 1 # cat \0.log cat: 0.log: No such file or directory # cat \:0.log (--) checkDevMem: using aperture driver /dev/xf86 (--) Using wscons driver on /dev/ttyC4 in pcvt compatibility mode (version 3.32) X.Org X Server 1.17.4 Release Date: 2015-10-28 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: OpenBSD 5.9 amd64 Current Operating System: OpenBSD paddy.my.domain 5.9 GENERIC.MP#1888 amd64 Build Date: 26 February 2016 01:59:52AM Current version of pixman: 0.32.8 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul 29 01:24:10 2016 (==) Using system config directory "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using a default monitor configuration. (==) Disabling SIGIO handlers for input devices (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices (==) FontPath set to: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (II) The server relies on wscons to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure wscons or disable AutoAddDevices. (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2a02:17aa:20b5 rev 12, Mem @ 0xf8000000/1048576, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00001800/8 (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2a03:17aa:20b5 rev 12, Mem @ 0xf8100000/1048576 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0 (==) AIGLX enabled (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0 (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1 (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 2.99.916 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 2.3.3 (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43 (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000 (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100 (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300 (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20080730 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 965GM (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3 (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section (--) intel(0): Found backlight control interface wscons (type 'platform') for output LVDS1 (II) intel(0): Enabled output LVDS1 (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1 (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 64x64 for hardware cursors (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1 (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1024x768 on pipe 0 (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96) (II) Unloading vesa (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Broadwater (gen4) backend (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled (==) intel(0): Silken mouse disabled (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message. (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled (II) intel(0): [XvMC] i965_xvmc driver initialized. (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965 (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: i965 (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled (--) RandR disabled (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965 (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0 (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1024x768@50.0 on LVDS1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 270 x 203 (II) config/wscons: checking input device /dev/wskbd (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.8.1 (II) Using input driver 'kbd' for '/dev/wskbd' (**) /dev/wskbd: always reports core events (**) /dev/wskbd: always reports core events (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "/dev/wskbd" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6) (II) config/wscons: checking input device /dev/wsmouse (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ws_drv.so (II) Module ws: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.3.0 (II) Using input driver 'ws' for '/dev/wsmouse' (**) /dev/wsmouse: always reports core events (II) ws: /dev/wsmouse: debuglevel 0 (**) ws: /dev/wsmouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) ws: /dev/wsmouse: WAxisMapping: buttons 6 and 7 (**) ws: /dev/wsmouse: associated screen: 0 (II) ws: /dev/wsmouse: minimum x position: 0 (II) ws: /dev/wsmouse: maximum x position: 1023 (II) ws: /dev/wsmouse: minimum y position: 0 (II) ws: /dev/wsmouse: maximum y position: 767 (==) ws: /dev/wsmouse: Buttons: 7 (**) ws: /dev/wsmouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "/dev/wsmouse" (type: MOUSE, id 7) (**) /dev/wsmouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) /dev/wsmouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0 (**) /dev/wsmouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000 (**) /dev/wsmouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4 (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LEN", prod id 16384 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 54.16 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (40.3 kHz eP) (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 43.33 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (32.2 kHz e) (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e) (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e) (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e) (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. # On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Antoine Jacoutot <ajacou...@bsdfrog.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:26:49AM -0500, Justin Haynes wrote: > > List - > > > > I am having a problem starting Gnome 3 on my Thinkpad x61s, and I am not > > sure what the cause is. I am reading mixed reviews on whether or not it > is > > necessary to have 3d support, and as nearly as i can tell i do have 3d > > support on this Intel 965 x3100 display through the intel driver and the > > i965 DRI driver in X-Windows. > > > > The problem is that when i attempt ot start Gnome using gdm, I get > nothing > > but X Windows with a black background and the X mouse cursor. > > > > Any other method I use yields either the entire root window in grey with > > the text: > > > > "Oh no! something has gone wrong." > > "A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. All extensions > have > > been disabled as a precaution." > > > > In summary I have tried the following: > > > > 1. GDM > > How did you install gnome? And did you do the steps in > /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/gnome-* ? > How do you start GDM ? > > Also a complete dmesg and the content of /var/log/gdm/* could be of > interest. > > > 2. startx, with .xinitrc containing "exec > /usr/local/bin/ck-launch-session > > /usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > > 3. From Window Maker: "/usr/local/bin/ck-launch-session > > /usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > > 4. reboot, and with boot -c, "disable inteldrm". Thinking that perhaps i > > needed X to talk with the hardware without the kernel driver. > > (machdep.allowaperture is already = 2) (with gdm) > > 5. same as #4 without gdm > > 6. same as 4, but with windowmaker like in 3. > > > > > > I do have this appearing in my XOrg.log: > > . > > [ 1530.853] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] i965_xvmc driver initialized. > > [ 1530.853] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete > > [ 1530.853] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965 > > [ 1530.853] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: i965 > > [ 1530.853] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled > > . > > > > $ glxinfo | grep -i 3D > > GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, > GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture, > > GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, > > GL_OES_surfaceless_context, GL_OES_texture_3D, GL_OES_texture_float, > > > > > > I'll now send this message and gather more of the logs to make available, > > starting with #1; GDM. > > -- > Antoine >