Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:08:23 +0200 From: flo@snakeoilproductions.net To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD X11 mailing list <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... Message-ID: <a7845f2a9d0d4594e5a3762fe1487c1b@snakeoilproductions.net> In-Reply-To: <53EE2CF3.8030700@hiwaay.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <CAPS9%2BSvmWzAn5RkHcr6e3LRpeS18j4ys444_hU8PqsLSXGc7Xg@mail.gmail.com> <53EE2CF3.8030700@hiwaay.net>
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Greetings, On 2014-08-15 17:53, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > 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 > > OK, here goes, see attached. Whenever I startx from the command line > after a console login, XFCE starts up & operates AOK, so I would > guess > the install is OK. Gfx hw is a jaguar kabini CPU, w/ GPU on die w/ > CPU. > gfx is too new for X.org support, so I am using the vesa driver. > .xinitrc: exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Maybe I'm missing the point here entirely, but xdm uses $HOME/.xsession. A missing .xsession has quite the same symptoms, and since XFCE works fine after startx, which indeed uses $HOME/.xinitrc, you might try % echo 'exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4' >$HOME/.xsession and then restart xdm. Sincerely, florian
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