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[50.243.4.3]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id h84sm218235ioa.33.2018.12.06.06.34.25 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:34:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5C0933A4.9020609@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 07:35:16 -0700 From: JD User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly References: <20181202231414.bc873ae8.freebsd@edvax.de> <3b1f0a32-175e-2535-ce70-ac8935cf85eb@yandex.com> <20181203184153.b37810d9.freebsd@edvax.de> <20181204183621.9358c17e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20181204202918.64f6e9eb.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3D8096F072 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.96 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; IP_SCORE(-2.01)[ip: (-7.14), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.53), asn: 15169(-1.31), country: US(-0.09)]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[0.3.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.941,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:34:29 -0000 On 12/05/2018 09:06 PM, B J wrote: > I've done some more tinkering and this is what I have so far: > > - I start with xterm when I run startx > > - the pull-down menus appear to work > > - I can change settings, such as the desktop background, through Control Center > > - the display still insists it's at 1280 x 1024 when it's supposed > default to 1024 x 768, but I can change it with xrandr > > - at the suggestion of several sources, including what was on the URLs > I sent, I added the following to /etc/fstab: > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > > I'm not sure if that made any difference (I recall having to add > something like that in earlier versions of FreeBSD/Gnome, but that > didn't seem to be necessary for my other installations) > > - I'm able to run applications such as Firefox and VLC, but those were > already installed and configured under Xfce > > - external drives, such as a USB stick, don't appear to mount You need to install and enable autofs , which does the automounting.