Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 07:35:16 -0700 From: JD <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly Message-ID: <5C0933A4.9020609@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkPxL0Cqa8hYKhtU9sC2=fhYmNeWp0VxMKq2NuUHsWAkpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkMd5jZ-DRj%2BUC0r%2B%2BfQPkzxW-_3d7jkEVFzWox6xfX_6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAP7QzkPeWsmUSvxUQpQKASnz5r1LJPR27f9t9t%2BjfDW_iweQzQ@mail.gmail.com> <20181202231414.bc873ae8.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAP7QzkM7Ma7Hn0ESrniGBTE6847FUPVwpHw79x4om3QMjHGxHg@mail.gmail.com> <3b1f0a32-175e-2535-ce70-ac8935cf85eb@yandex.com> <CAP7QzkNo=s=_QedKrFCjF0H5dHVu=Zq=j--xqBG6eO_qbbTkhA@mail.gmail.com> <20181203184153.b37810d9.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAP7QzkPNBSH0ND6XoU074NiNq6FhnUiePQBCSo_-Yu=6mT6xgQ@mail.gmail.com> <20181204183621.9358c17e.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAP7QzkN-0vXv0QZytfUE5f1N=DPBdh6-0_MnkgH6_Lay7iYq8g@mail.gmail.com> <20181204202918.64f6e9eb.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAP7QzkPxL0Cqa8hYKhtU9sC2=fhYmNeWp0VxMKq2NuUHsWAkpw@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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