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Date:      Wed, 18 Jan 2017 03:20:36 -0500
From:      Sergei Akhmatdinov <sakhmatd@riseup.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop
Message-ID:  <20170118031855.48fbbe2c@riseup.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701172256330.1046@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 23:30:55 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> I do not know but suspect the font section is obsolete.  However, I have=
=20
> not investigated that.

Only half obsolete. Loading "freetype" is no longer needed, but most font
packages do not properly copy into Xorg's default font-paths, so you still =
need
to point to them. That, or manually copy the files over, which is what I do=
. I
find that a bit less fussy than adding a .conf and having to add a
font-path every time I install a new font from ports.

> >> Do you have both hald and dbus running? =20
>=20
> Only dbus is required for xfce.  Although the packages might require=20
> hal, don't know.

I have XFCE set up on my FBSD desktop, couldn't get it to show up
restart-shutdown-etc without HAL running.

Not sure why XFCE needs so much work over what is essentially a `shutdown
(-r|-p) now` wrapper.

Cheers,
--=20
Sergei Akhmatdinov

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