Robin Hahling <robin.hahling <at> gw-computing.net> writes: > > On 29-07-2015 05:29, Gautam Goel wrote: > > Update: I fixed some of those problems, but am still confused about two > > things: why does the screen turn black when I log out, and how do I > > configure > > the system to use MATE automatically? Thanks. > > About the black screen, I suggest you enable 'kern.kms_console' (see > SYSCONS(4)). > KMS console was still considered "experimental" in the 4.2 release but > has > recently been switch on in "master". > About automatically running MATE upon typing "startx", simply add > 'exec mate-session' in your '~/.xinitrc' file. > >
Thanks for your reply. I enabled kern.kms_console by adding 'set kern.kms_console = 1' in loader.conf, and after I click log out, I do indeed reeturn to the command prompt instead of an empty black screen. Thanks for that. I see a bunch of errors: .error : [drm:pid-1:hsw-unclaimed-reg-clear] *ERROR* unkown unclaimed register before writing to 45404 or something like that. Also a bunch of stuff about my dbus, and my xauth. As for running MATE automatically, I think you misunderstood me. I have mate-session is my .xinitrc already. The point is that I don't want to have to type 'startx' at boot to see MATE; I want to boot directly into MATE, just like in Debain I boot directly into GNOME. Do you know how I can set that up?
