From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 08:28:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 118F9605 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:28:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x232.google.com (mail-pd0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA5AC110F for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:28:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f178.google.com with SMTP id fp1so730635pdb.23 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:28:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=TYgJHBnkq+b37y/zhLO0oxLgmTE1iwyuAyWOrFBD2GU=; b=JU17nfBGwOlE/GtMJm9/1hmJKcT1i+LVh7zkSlDZckgKyWE1yebUIDsvc+hzRMVmhX yb/zV1X8uLOmg3rWs/SanFjqb6omjFC4xYQeL+MnHDJLWLql2q2NIbuGyQIyUEba+Lzd i+5vbRgefaxtecjZqDyh5t4O3gJhLpqql2SXYdtyGjmB7ueZhn/a2Prowe5Ns3F44rHK OnrGvNvEDlctxJDHR2GFVCbKNuJQi5iS5ScUE0Vr/gD3kRWeNdxwnW50hRJvxNKj/1vS J4bzhosBHZIp1368+f+AynNzqM708iUzS3uCpPgJ1E8EWJ3vqkHpcb+Lc6477XrYvN5B JqoA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.226.197 with SMTP id ru5mr6034786pbc.77.1398414530274; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:28:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.245.75 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:28:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:28:50 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment From: Teo En Ming To: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:28:51 -0000 Dear Mark, I can't modify /etc/rc.conf. I can't use my keyboard. The system keeps rebooting into gdm. I can't use Single User Mode either. The root filesystem is mounted read-only. I can't make changes to /etc/rc.conf. What can I do? Thank you. Regards, Teo En Ming On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad wrote: > > > On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual machine/guest > operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating > system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. > > I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following commands: > > # pkg install xorg > > # pkg install gnome2 > > # pkg install nano > > # nano /etc/fstab > > ====================================== > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > ============================================ > > # nano /etc/rc.conf > > ======================================= > > gdm_enable="YES" > gnome_enable="YES" > ============================================= > > The following command is to allow startx to be executed. > > > *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc* > > > > *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming* > > > *************************************************************************** > > I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after > logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything > with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use > my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm. > I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify > /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I > do? > > I am looking forward to your reply. > > Yours sincerely, > > Teo En Ming > > > > You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf , then either reboot the > vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also > disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also check > out the links below . > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html > > > --- > Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org > >