Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:40:06 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10.2 graphics problem Message-ID: <55FB5D66.2040000@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <0F355724-42C6-4DB4-A470-7AC8D7667CEA@slsware.net> References: <8F541F88-2EAE-434C-B52C-43A744F54ADD@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151329030.76298@wonkity.com> <E6FDE819-14B8-4906-8E9C-F297341781E7@slsware.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509151859160.69660@wonkity.com> <B06FA0D2-6A5F-4ACC-8034-9AAA64D87446@slsware.net> <55FADDE7.9000702@bananmonarki.se> <0F355724-42C6-4DB4-A470-7AC8D7667CEA@slsware.net>
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On 09/17/15 18:28, Glenn English wrote: [putolin] > But selecting logout in the menu drops XFCE as it should, but it > drops to a completely blank screen with nothing paying any attention > at mouse or screen. I tried ctl-n, ctl-alt-n, and just alt-n. Nothing. I had the same trouble as you when I starting to use FreeBSD. I use ATI graphics card and I had big trouble like you do, I fixed it as follows: Break out a text editor in a CLI (vi etc). I use vim-lite install by pkg. Try adding this to /boot/loader.conf vim /boot/loader.conf # Use new graphical console driver kern.vty=vt save and exit. Then reboot and see if it fixes your trouble. > I can't even get a thumb-drive mounted. When I put one in, there's text saying that da0 and da0s1 have been noticed. > If I type 'mount /dev/da0 /mnt', it says that /dev/da0 is an invalid param (or something like that). So I tried 'mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt'. Same error message. I looked at man, and it looked like a -t was what it was looking for, so I added -t msdosfs to the command IIRC, I got a different error message, but it didn't mount. I am running 10.1 and 10.2. The above is caused by /dev/da0s1 already mounted. ( At least in my neck of the woods ) as root in a CLI...... # mount Look for da0s1 as already mounted. If if is mounted # umount /dev/da0s1 Then try to mount it again to /mnt # mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt see if that works for you > > I don't have a problem with things being different, but the documentation on how to get this stuff working requires that I have it working to read the dox. > > Does anyone know of an accurate set of instructions on the 'Net for a BSD install. Is there anything that really need editing after a really basic install (the one I just did had to download pkg when I tried to get xorg installed :-) > > This is getting frustrating. I know been there and done that. Keep going and you will slay that beast.
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