Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:16 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: EBRIMA F M SAWANEH <pasawaneh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome will not start Message-ID: <201201241703.16798.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> In-Reply-To: <CAC2N4W0V4LsJKPBGmfdNee-jV4ME1jNcqqJUyrf5Eu6AB0=mmQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAC2N4W0q6GAO2%2B8G2xYmptMt%2Bgx9_gvtVtHgjtAKbZUVJb3u8A@mail.gmail.com> <201201240810.49072.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <CAC2N4W0V4LsJKPBGmfdNee-jV4ME1jNcqqJUyrf5Eu6AB0=mmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Tuesday 24 January 2012 16:42:54 EBRIMA F M SAWANEH wrote: > Thank you Erich. > I am newbie and trying to learn UNIX. > I have edited rc.conf and included the entries as you suggested however the > error before will not show up but gnome will still not be loaded. > You mentioned," When GNOME still does not start, use first a simple window > manager or plain X to see where the errors is hidden " > how do I do that? First, make sure that no GUI starts after FreeBSD is up and running. You should have a .xinitrc in your home directory. It can look like this: #!/bin/sh bbkeys & # # blackbox seems to be the best for the P2120. # XFCE is also very usable. It was the dfesktop/window manager used # on the Dual-Athlon machine. # Beryl did not work due to a dbus problem. # compiz does not work # fluxbox is a good replacement for blackbox # openbox could be used # ratpoison does not seem to be the dream for me. # gnome-session starts a GNOME session without GDM being a logon manager. # # Do not forget to disable bbkeys if you are using beryl. # # exec beryl # # Blackbox is the window manager of choice. # exec blackbox # exec compiz # exec fluxbox # exec gnome-session # exec ratpoison # exec openbox # # XFCE4 is a serious option. It might be the desktop for employees. # # exec startxfce4 # # Start KDE4 # # exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde # # 09.09.11 # # We use the X session manager. # # XSM restarts the applications but not the window manager. # # xsm The line starting with a # are comments. Just install blackbox and bbkeys and you can use this script. You can use any other window manager if edit the file accordingly. There should be the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log. If you post it here, it will be easier to help you. If you keep the list in the CC, others will be able to help too. Erich
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