From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 15 20:56:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CFD9C3867 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C89B51DAF for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C5F909C3866; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:40 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58C69C3865 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8811D1DAE for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-125-111.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.125.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 416AD3D657; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:56:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t8FKube6007110; Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:56:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:56:37 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Glenn English Cc: freebsdQuestions Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem Message-Id: <20150915225637.05c1ffad.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <867fnr1lwy.fsf@WorkBox.Home> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:56:41 -0000 On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:39:05 -0600, Glenn English wrote: > > On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > > > That's not likely to accomplish anything. > > It might. I think I missed a step in the original install. > I started over a few minutes ago. > > You say that you can't "quit > > back to the console," which in my mind could mean two different > > things. > > Ah! Nothing works, mouse, keyboard, nothing except the power button. This sounds familiar - X, HAL & DBUS fun. :-) http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html I have configured X to work without HAL and DBUS and PolicyKit and ConsoleKit and who knows what stuff... but if you're going to use Xfce, you better keep those dependencies or many things inside Xfce won't work as expected. > > Some graphics adapters, like the newer Intel i* > > series, require the new vt(8) console in order to work properly. > > This is a SuperMicro with a low end Radeon graphics card. > If vt(7) doesn't work I'll try vt(8). In this case, even the "old-fashioned" sc driver should work. There is a corresponding setting for /boot/loader.conf. It is possible that console switching (from X to virtual terminal) nowadays requires some XML config file hack to work again as expected... ;-) > > That will enable the log-out, shutdown and reboot functions. > > That's what I need. Is this sufficient? No additional XMS fiddling this time? ;-) > It's a significantly better looking GUI than the same thing > in Linux. But in Linux it pays attention to the mouse :-) But Xfce is ported _from_ Linux, so it should be better at the source. Okay, some things get better when distilled, but... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...