Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:15:25 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Sergei Akhmatdinov <sakhmatd@riseup.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701181757440.45317@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20170118031855.48fbbe2c@riseup.net> References: <18a5de5c-bc3a-c2e8-32c1-ea0a12d446ac@holgerdanske.com> <20170116230336.2cc22d94@riseup.net> <45c5ea44-e0b4-2698-da8e-707c507eb086@holgerdanske.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701172256330.1046@wonkity.com> <20170118031855.48fbbe2c@riseup.net>
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Sergei Akhmatdinov wrote: > 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 I do not know but suspect the font section is obsolete.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 >> 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? >> >> Only dbus is required for xfce. Although the packages might require >> 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. I've been using xfce without hal ever since submitting the patches to change the ports to not need it. :) But I build everything from ports, and that packages might require hal. > Not sure why XFCE needs so much work over what is essentially a `shutdown > (-r|-p) now` wrapper. I just add those entries to the polkit file and it works. If there is something else that needs to be done, I did it a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure I have set up machines from scratch with the same configuration.
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