no x :(

[corneliu]

Hey guys,

Perpetual noob here.
I'm still trying to setup that elusive Free-BSD desktop. So I installed 7.2. I installed it on a intel dual core with nVidia 7600GT and on a pentium 4 with ATI video card. On both systems I installed the packages under X user and gnome. On both I can login but no X. I followed the instructions from this document document (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html) and when I reboot gdm does not start. If I type startx i get an error message that states that an application that uses dbus has a bug, probably gdm.
Right now I gave up on the dual core but the pentium 4 is still hanging. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Corneliu

PS: I succesfully installed FreeBSD 7.1 with Gnome on the dual core machine before.

[DrJ]

Put gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and "exec gnome-session" (without the quotes) in ~/.xinitrc and you should be good to go with Gnome. You won't need that latter to start gdm, but it is useful if you want to start Gnome without gdm. gnome_enable will start hal, dbus, and various avahi daemons. Installing the nVidia driver is another issue, but get these to work first.

See also the FAQ at www.freebsd.org/gnome for issues like mounting CDs and DVDs automatically.

[corneliu]

Thanks Dr. J, I have mentioned in my first post that I already did all that. Still Gnome does not start.

[corneliu]

According to the document that I mentioned in my first post, the command should be:
% echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc
so I tried that and I also tried
exec gnome-session
and I got the same error message

[corneliu]

I'm sorry, I haven't read your post carefully. Now I've seen that it is gnome_enable="YES" instead of gdm_enable="YES". I replaced gdm_enable="YES" with gnome_enable="YES" and it works. That official tutorial got it wrong. It should be fixed there because it is misleading. Many thanks mate.

Cheers.
Corneliu

[SirDice]

The original document is fine, it notes how to start GDM.

If you look at the GNOME faq it mentions that gnome_enable is actually all these:

dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
avahi_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"

[iic2]

I always wonder if a user install GNOME or KDE do all files reside in its own folder and that the system itself will not include any additional PERMANENT setting in the FreeBSD interface or kernel what-so-ever (like adding junk inside system files all over the place, monitoring everything you do like the Windows with all of it tricky ways).

Are you saying simply enabling these four 4 variables will make GNOME run on it on merit, using only the tmp and swap partitions including a few syscalls to get it job done ... and if I don't need it no more all I got to do is comment out these few lines, than re-boot to go back down to rawBSD in a flash, with no left-over included.

If so that's what I call a true OS and my fear will be a GNOME-ner. Sorry for the interrupt no x but I'm just beginning to really see forest beyond the trees.


dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
avahi_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"

[Beastie]

A power user (root/suer/sudoer) installs GNOME, KDE or whatever.

User settings are usually created on the program's first use by the user in his/her home directory as "hidden" files beginning with a "." (dot).

Usually ports also include default settings in a system location to be used in case the settings file or directory is missing from the user's home directory, or to be used as a template for such a file or directory.

Any file installed will be removed on deinstallation (any file outside the user's home directory, obviously).

Commenting startup settings out will only disable things at system startup. It will not uninstall ports magically.

[iic2]

Thank Beastie, now I think I got an idea of what's going on. So each program should have a un-installer which may not always be true for all ports (programs) on this platform. As far as the port system itself where the main file resides I would not expect that to be removed. Only the un-compressed installed files and such. So I guest there will be files spread out-side of an installed program folder other than a few initiation of a few variable in a conf/rc file. So it's our responsibility to know where everything has been placed. Perfect. Nothing hidden from the user that he/she can't find and turn of or delete. It sounds like I right. Nothing actually integrate into the system so deep that its not easy to find and remove.

Don't get me wrong I mainly don't like MS products. I like MS Windows, but it reserve stuff forever for the sake of Office etc, which is a big bug/trap/spy/ on the watch out for other Word processors like WordPerfect etc which cause all kind of problems for user. I have plenty of examples.

Back to FreeBSD! Unix is not Windows but getting close. But we need the ports system. I just hope they make it to keep it distance while they got the chance. But as you say being an power user is the key.

Thanks again

[SirDice]

So each program should have a un-installer which may not always be true for all ports (programs) on this platform.
No, everything that's installed using ports or packages is removable using pkg_delete (or if you have portupgrade installed; pkg_deinstall).

As far as the port system itself where the main file resides I would not expect that to be removed.
Files in /usr/ports/distfiles and /usr/ports/packages will not be removed by a pkg_delete.

So I guest there will be files spread out-side of an installed program folder other than a few initiation of a few variable in a conf/rc file.
Ports/packages may not remove altered config files, pkg_delete will complain about that.

Nothing hidden from the user that he/she can't find and turn of or delete.
That's the idea..

Nothing actually integrate into the system so deep that its not easy to find and remove.
Correct, to make life even simpler no port or package will install anything in / (like /etc or /bin, /usr/bin etc). All ports/packages must install with prefix /usr/local.

But we need the ports system. I just hope they make it to keep it distance while they got the chance. But as you say being an power user is the key.
I've been using Freebsd since version 3.1 (or something like it). The ports system is what got me hooked on fbsd.

[Beastie]

What's marvelous with many *nix systems, and precisely FreeBSD is that the whole port/package installation, management and uninstallation is simple and centralized.
The uninstallation for EVERY port is as simple as pkg_delete <port_name>.

The port system doesn't make reckless changes to the system conf/rc files since these are used by the base system and are only overridden by what YOU manually add to them.

Files are created according to rules contained in the port and are removed according to the same rules when you uninstall the port.
It's good to know where each file is stored when the port is installed, but it's not indispensable.
Under Windows it's important to track every single move of a "setup file", because you never know if it'll remove everything when you uninstall it. Under FreeBSD, no additional file will be created unless you created it yourself and no trash will be left because the uninstallation process removes everything the port originally installed. The only exception is, as I already said, the dot files in the user's home directory (or files in the /tmp partitions of course).

No port integrates AT ALL in the system. Even the biggest and most complex ones, such as the Xorg server let's say, can be removed as easily as, say, a sudoku game or an mp3 decoding library.

I don't fully understand what you mean by that, but Unix is not getting close to Windows, not by light years, and it's not even trying to.
You should understand one thing: vanilla FreeBSD is primarily a server operating system. Period! Building a desktop system on top of it and customizing it for such a use, is only an option that proves it can easily be extended.

[DutchDaemon]

I think OP's problem was solved somewhere along the way .. don't get carried away ;)

[corneliu]

I think OP's problem was solved somewhere along the way
Well, sort of...
OK, I see Gnome but the mouse shows busy forever and I can't open the Applications menu in gnome. I can't run any applications. I go to Places and I click on Home Folder and I get "Cannot open location 'file://home/corneliu' No application is registered as handling this file"
Under System I can open Preferences > Authorizations and Preferences > Startup Applications, About GNOME.
I can add applets to the panel.
I can see the calendar when I click on the clock.
I also noticed that the windows have no title bar.
Logout works.
That's about all I can do in Gnome.
Should I open another thread?

Thanks in advance,

Corneliu

[SirDice]

Looks like not everything got installed properly. Can you post an output of pkg_info?

[DutchDaemon]

No, you're the only one on topic atm ;)

[corneliu]

Can you post an output of pkg_info?
I would love to but it is not that easy :)
As you know Gnome is useless ATM. So I got just the console working here. I put the output of that command in a text file and I need to transfer it to my other computer. So I plugged the USB key in and I believe it is mounted but I can't figure out where hald has mounted it. I tried df but it shows only the local partitions.

[DutchDaemon]

Does the Gnome box have an IP address, and is it in the same network as your other computer? If so, run /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart on the Gnome box and ssh into it from the other box.

[SirDice]

So I plugged the USB key in and I believe it is mounted but I can't figure out where hald has mounted it. I tried df but it shows only the local partitions.
Hald doesn't mount anything. It's nautilus (for GNOME) that does the actual mounting. Hald only detects and signals something's changed.

You can always review what's mounted with mount.

Another way to transfer files is by using scp. If the other machine is windows I highly recommend WinSCP and PuTTY.

[corneliu]

I split it in five parts because the forum limits the size of the posts.

Part 1:

ORBit2-2.14.17 High-performance CORBA ORB with support for the C language
appres-1.0.1 Program to list application's resources
atk-1.26.0 A GNOME accessibility toolkit (ATK)
avahi-app-0.6.25_1 Service discovery on a local network
bash-4.0.24 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
bitmap-1.0.3_1 Bitmap editor and converter utilities for X
bitstream-vera-1.10_4 Bitstream Vera TrueType font collection
cairo-1.8.6_1,1 Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
cdparanoia-3.9.8_8 A CDDA extraction tool (also known as ripper)
compositeproto-0.4 Composite extension headers
consolekit-0.3.0_8 Framework for defining and tracking users
damageproto-1.1.0_2 Damage extension headers
db41-4.1.25_4 The Berkeley DB package, revision 4.1
dbus-1.2.4.6 A message bus system for inter-application communication
dbus-glib-0.80 GLib bindings for the D-BUS messaging system
dmidecode-2.10 A tool for dumping DMI (SMBIOS) contents in human-readable
dmxproto-2.2.2 DMX extension headers
docbook-1.4 Meta-port for the different versions of the DocBook DTD
docbook-4.1_3 V4.1 of the DocBook DTD, designed for technical documentati
docbook-4.2 V4.2 of the DocBook DTD, designed for technical documentati
docbook-4.3 DocBook/SGML DTD V4.3, designed for technical documentation
docbook-4.4_2 DocBook/SGML DTD V4.4, designed for technical documentation
docbook-4.5_2 DocBook/SGML DTD V4.5, designed for technical documentation
docbook-5.0_1 DocBook 5.0, designed for technical documentation
docbook-sk-4.1.2_4 XML version of the DocBook DTD version controlled for Scrol
docbook-xml-4.2_1 XML version of the DocBook DTD
docbook-xml-4.3 DocBook/XML DTD V4.3, designed for technical documentation
docbook-xml-4.4_1 DocBook/XML DTD V4.4, designed for technical documentation
docbook-xml-4.5 DocBook/XML DTD V4.5, designed for technical documentation
docbook-xsl-1.74.0_1 XSL DocBook stylesheets
dri-7.4.2_1,2 OpenGL hardware acceleration drivers for the DRI
dri2proto-2.0 DRI2 prototype headers
encodings-1.0.2,1 X.Org Encoding fonts
esound-0.2.41 A sound library for enlightenment package
evolution-data-server-2.26.0 The data backends for the Evolution integrated mail/PIM sui
expat-2.0.1 XML 1.0 parser written in C
fftw3-3.1.3 Fast C routines to compute the Discrete Fourier Transform
fixesproto-4.0 Fixes extension headers
flac-1.2.1 Free lossless audio codec
font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.0_1 X.Org Adobe 100dpi font
font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Adobe 75dpi font
font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.1 X.Org Adobe Utopia 100dpi font
font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.1 X.Org Adobe Utopia 75dpi font
font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.1 X.Org Adobe Utopia Type1 font
font-alias-1.0.1 X.Org Font aliases
font-arabic-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Arabic fonts
font-bh-100dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow Holmes 100dpi font
font-bh-75dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow Holmes 75dpi font
font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow Holmes Lucida TypeWriter 100dpi font
font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow Holmes Lucida TypeWriter 75dpi font
font-bh-ttf-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow & Holmes TTF font
font-bh-type1-1.0.0 X.Org Bigelow Holmes Type1 font
font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bitstream Vera 100dpi font
font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.0 X.Org Bitstream Vera 75dpi font
font-bitstream-type1-1.0.0 X.Org Bitstream Vera Type1 font
font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.0 X.Org Cronyx Cyrillic font
font-cursor-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Cursor fonts
font-daewoo-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Daewoo fonts
font-dec-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Dec fonts
font-ibm-type1-1.0.0 X.Org IBM Type1 font
font-isas-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous ISAS fonts
font-jis-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous JIS fonts
font-micro-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Micro fonts
font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Cyrillic font
font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Ethiopic font

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Part 2:

font-misc-meltho-1.0.0_1 X.Org miscellaneous Meltho font
font-misc-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Misc fonts
font-mutt-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Mutt fonts
font-schumacher-misc-1.0.0_1 X.Org miscellaneous Schumacher fonts
font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.1 X.Org Screen Cyrillic font
font-sony-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Sony fonts
font-sun-misc-1.0.0 X.Org miscellaneous Sun fonts
font-util-1.0.1 Create an index of X font files in a directory
font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.0 X.Org Winitzki Cyrillic font
font-xfree86-type1-1.0.1 X.Org XFree86 Type1 font
fontcacheproto-0.1.2 Fontcache extension headers
fontconfig-2.6.0,1 An XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
fontsproto-2.0.2 Fonts extension headers
freetype2-2.3.9_1 A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_5 Kernel module for fuse
fusefs-libs-2.7.4 FUSE allows filesystem implementation in userspace
gamin-0.1.10_3 A file and directory monitoring system
gconf2-2.26.2 A configuration database system for GNOME
gdbm-1.8.3_3 The GNU database manager
gdm-2.26.0_1 GNOME 2 version of xdm display manager
getopt-1.1.4_1 A getopt(1) replacement that supports GNU-style long option
gettext-0.17_1 GNU gettext package
gio-fam-backend-2.20.3 FAM backend for GLib's GIO library
glib-2.20.3 Some useful routines of C programming (current stable versi
gnome-desktop-2.26.2_1 Additional UI API for GNOME 2
gnome-doc-utils-0.16.1_1 GNOME doc utils
gnome-icon-theme-2.26.0_1 A collection of icons for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnome-keyring-2.26.1_1 A program that keeps passwords and other secrets
gnome-menus-2.26.0 Implementation of the FreeDesktop Desktop Menu Spec
gnome-mime-data-2.18.0_3 A MIME and Application database for GNOME
gnome-mount-0.8_2 A front-end to mount, umount, and eject using HAL
gnome-panel-2.26.0 Panel component for the GNOME 2 Desktop
gnome-session-2.26.0 Session component for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnome-settings-daemon-2.26.0 GNOME 2 settings daemon
gnome-vfs-2.24.1 GNOME Virtual File System
gnome_subr-1.0 Common startup and shutdown subroutines used by GNOME scrip
gnomehier-2.3_12 A utility port that creates the GNOME directory tree
gnutls-2.6.5 GNU Transport Layer Security library
gstreamer-0.10.22_1 Development framework for creating media applications
gstreamer-plugins-0.10.22_1,3 GStreamer written collection of plugins handling several me
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.14,3 Good gstreamer-plugins
gtk-2.16.2 Gimp Toolkit for X11 GUI (current stable version)
gtk-engines2-2.18.0 Theme engine for the GTK+-2.0 toolkit
gvfs-1.2.3 GNOME virtual file system
hal-0.5.11_25 Hardware Abstraction Layer for simplifying device access
hicolor-icon-theme-0.10_2 A high-color icon theme shell from the FreeDesktop project
iceauth-1.0.2 ICE authority file utility for X
inputproto-1.5.0 Input extension headers
iso-codes-3.8 Lists of the country, language and currency iso names
iso8879-1986_2 Character entity sets from ISO 8879:1986 (SGML)
jasper-1.900.1_7 An implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 s
jpeg-6b_7 IJG's jpeg compression utilities
kbproto-1.0.3 KB extension headers
libFS-1.0.1 The FS library
libGL-7.4.2_1 OpenGL library that renders using GLX or DRI
libICE-1.0.4_1,1 Inter Client Exchange library for X11
libIDL-0.8.13 A library for creating trees of CORBA IDL files
libSM-1.1.0_1,1 Session Management library for X11
libX11-1.2.1,1 X11 library
libXScrnSaver-1.1.3 The XScrnSaver library
libXTrap-1.0.0 The XTrap library
libXau-1.0.4 Authentication Protocol library for X11
libXaw-1.0.5_1,1 X Athena Widgets library
libXcomposite-0.4.0,1 X Composite extension library
libXcursor-1.1.9_1 X client-side cursor loading library
libXdamage-1.1.1 X Damage extension library

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part 3:

libXdmcp-1.0.2_1 X Display Manager Control Protocol library
libXevie-1.0.2 The Xevie library
libXext-1.0.5,1 X11 Extension library
libXfixes-4.0.3_1 X Fixes extension library
libXfont-1.3.4,1 X font libary
libXfontcache-1.0.4 The Xfontcache library
libXft-2.1.13 A client-sided font API for X applications
libXi-1.2.1,1 X Input extension library
libXinerama-1.0.3,1 X11 Xinerama library
libXmu-1.0.4,1 X Miscellaneous Utilities libraries
libXp-1.0.0,1 X print library
libXpm-3.5.7 X Pixmap library
libXrandr-1.3.0 X Resize and Rotate extension library
libXrender-0.9.4_1 X Render extension library
libXres-1.0.3_3 X Resource usage library
libXt-1.0.5_1 X Toolkit library
libXtst-1.0.3_1 X Test extension
libXv-1.0.4,1 X Video Extension library
libXvMC-1.0.4_1 X Video Extension Motion Compensation library
libXxf86dga-1.0.2 X DGA Extension
libXxf86misc-1.0.1 X XF86-Misc Extension
libXxf86vm-1.0.2 X Vidmode Extension
libart_lgpl-2.3.20,1 Library for high-performance 2D graphics
libaudiofile-0.2.6 A sound library for SGI audio file
libbonobo-2.24.1 A component and compound document system for GNOME2
libbonoboui-2.24.1 GUI frontend to the libbonobo component of GNOME 2
libcddb-1.3.0 A library to access data on a CDDB server
libcdio-0.78.2_2 Compact Disc Input and Control Library
libcroco-0.6.2 CSS2 parsing library
libdaemon-0.12 Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemon
libdmx-1.0.2_1 DMX extension library
libdrm-2.4.11 Userspace interface to kernel Direct Rendering Module servi
libexecinfo-1.1_3 A library for inspecting program's backtrace
libexif-0.6.17 Library to read digital camera file meta-data
libfontenc-1.0.4 The fontenc Library
libgcrypt-1.4.4 General purpose crypto library based on code used in GnuPG
libglade2-2.6.4 GNOME glade library
libgnome-2.26.0 Libraries for GNOME, a GNU desktop environment
libgnomecanvas-2.26.0 A graphics library for GNOME
libgnomekbd-2.26.0 GNOME keyboard shared library
libgnomeui-2.24.1 Libraries for the GNOME GUI, a GNU desktop environment
libgpg-error-1.7 Common error values for all GnuPG components
libgphoto2-2.4.5 A universal digital camera picture control tool
libgsf-1.14.11 An extensible i/o abstraction for dealing with structured f
libgweather-2.26.0 Library to accessing online weather informations
libical-0.43 An implementation of the IETF's Calendaring and Scheduling
libiconv-1.11_1 A character set conversion library
libltdl-1.5.26 System independent dlopen wrapper
libnotify-0.4.5 A library for desktop notifications
libogg-1.1.3,4 Ogg bitstream library
liboil-0.3.15 Library of optimized inner loops
liboldX-1.0.1 Old X library
libpciaccess-0.10.6 Generic PCI access library
libproxy-0.2.3 Library that provides automatic proxy configuration managem
libpthread-stubs-0.1 This library provides weak aliases for pthread functions
librsvg2-2.26.0 Library for parsing and rendering SVG vector-graphic files
libsamplerate-0.1.7 Secret Rabbit Code: a Sample Rate Converter for audio
libsndfile-1.0.19 Reading and writing files containing sampled sound (like WA
libsoup-2.26.2 A SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation in C
libtasn1-2.1 ASN.1 structure parser library
libusb-0.1.12_4 Library giving userland programs access to USB devices
libutempter-1.1.5_1 Interface to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files
libvolume_id-0.81.1 Library to provide file system type information
libvorbis-1.2.0_3,3 Audio compression codec library
libwnck-2.26.0 Library used for writing pagers and taskslists
libxcb-1.2_1 The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) library
libxkbfile-1.0.5 XKB file library
libxkbui-1.0.2_1 The xkbui library
libxklavier-3.9,1 An utility library to make XKB stuff easier

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Part 4:

libxml2-2.7.3 XML parser library for GNOME
libxslt-1.1.24_2 The XSLT C library for GNOME
linux_base-fc-4_14 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for i386/amd64)
luit-1.0.3_1 Locale and ISO 2022 support for Unicode terminals
mkfontdir-1.0.4 Create an index of X font files in a directory
mkfontscale-1.0.6 Creates an index of scalable font files for X
nspr-4.7 A platform-neutral API for system level and libc like funct
nss-3.11.9_2 Libraries to support development of security-enabled applic
openldap-client-2.4.16 Open source LDAP client implementation
pango-1.24.2 An open-source framework for the layout and rendering of i1
pciids-20090224 Database of all known ID's used in PCI devices
pcre-7.9 Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
perl-5.8.9_3 Practical Extraction and Report Language
pixman-0.15.4 Low-level pixel manipulation library
pkg-config-0.23_1 A utility to retrieve information about installed libraries
png-1.2.35 Library for manipulating PNG images
policykit-0.9_4 Framework for controlling access to system-wide components
policykit-gnome-0.9.2 GNOME frontend to the PolicKit framework
popt-1.14 A getopt(3) like library with a number of enhancements, fro
printproto-1.0.4 Print extension headers
pulseaudio-0.9.14_2 Sound server for UNIX
py26-cairo-1.8.2 Python bindings for Cairo
py26-gnome-2.26.1 A set of Python bindings for GNOME 2
py26-gobject-2.16.1 Python bindings for GObject
py26-gtk-2.14.1 A set of Python bindings for GTK+
py26-libxml2-2.7.3 Python interface for XML parser library for GNOME
py26-numeric-24.2_3 The Numeric Extension to Python
py26-orbit-2.24.0 Python bindings for ORBit2
python25-2.5.4_1 An interpreted object-oriented programming language
python26-2.6.2 An interpreted object-oriented programming language
randrproto-1.3.0 Randr extension headers
rarian-0.8.1 An OMF help system based on the Freedesktop specification
recordproto-1.13.2 RECORD extension headers
renderproto-0.9.3 RenderProto protocol headers
samba-libsmbclient-3.0.34_1 Shared libs from the samba package
scrnsaverproto-1.1.0 ScrnSaver extension headers
sessreg-1.0.4 Manage utmp/wtmp entries for non-init X clients
setxkbmap-1.0.4 Set the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension
shared-mime-info-0.60_1 A MIME type database from the FreeDesktop project
smproxy-1.0.2 Session Manager Proxy
speex-1.2.r1_1,1 An open-source patent-free voice codec
sqlite3-3.6.14.2 An SQL database engine in a C library
startup-notification-0.10 Library that supports startup notification spec from freede
tiff-3.8.2_3 Tools and library routines for working with TIFF images
trapproto-3.4.3 DEC-XTRAP extension headers
twm-1.0.4 Tab Window Manager for the X Window System
videoproto-2.2.2 Video extension headers
x11perf-1.5 X11 server performance test program
xauth-1.0.3 X authority file utility
xbacklight-1.1 Program to adjust backlight brightness
xbitmaps-1.0.1 X.Org bitmaps data
xcalc-1.0.2_1 Scientific calculator for X
xcb-proto-1.4 The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) protocol
xcb-util-0.3.4 A module with libxcb/libX11 extension/replacement libraries
xcmsdb-1.0.1 Device Color Characterization utility for X
xcursor-themes-1.0.1_1 X.org cursors themes
xcursorgen-1.0.2 Create an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images
xdpyinfo-1.0.3 Display information utility for X
xdriinfo-1.0.2 Query configuration information of DRI drivers
xev-1.0.3 Print contents of X events
xextproto-7.0.5 XExt extension headers
xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2_2 X.Org keyboard input driver
xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0_6 X.Org mouse input driver
xf86-video-ati-6.12.2_1 X.Org ati display driver
xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 Driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets
xf86-video-mach64-6.8.1 X.Org mach64 display driver
xf86-video-nv-2.1.13_1 X.Org nv display driver

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Part 5:

xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903_2 X.Org openChrome display driver
xf86-video-r128-6.8.0_3 X.Org r128 display driver
xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.5_2 X.Org ati RadeonHD display driver
xf86-video-vesa-2.1.0_2 X.Org vesa display driver
xf86-video-vmware-10.16.5_2 X.Org vmware display driver
xf86dga-1.0.2_1 Test program for the XFree86-DGA extension
xf86dgaproto-2.0.3 XFree86-DGA extension headers
xf86miscproto-0.9.2 XFree86-Misc extension headers
xf86vidmodeproto-2.2.2 XFree86-VidModeExtension extension headers
xgamma-1.0.2 Gamma correction through the X server.
xgc-1.0.1_1 X graphics demo
xhost-1.0.2 Server access control program for X
xineramaproto-1.1.2 Xinerama extension headers
xinit-1.1.1_1 X Window System initializer
xinput-1.4.2 Very useful utility for configuring and testing XInput devi
xkbcomp-1.0.5 Compile XKB keyboard description
xkbevd-1.0.2 XKB event daemon
xkbutils-1.0.1_2 XKB utility demos
xkeyboard-config-1.6_1 X Keyboard Configuration Database
xkill-1.0.1 Utility for killing a client by its X resource
xlsatoms-1.0.1 List interned atoms defined on a server
xlsclients-1.0.1 List client applications running on a display
xmlcatmgr-2.2 SGML and XML catalog manager
xmlcharent-0.3_2 XML character entities
xmodmap-1.0.3 Utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings i
xorg-7.4_2 X.Org complete distribution metaport
xorg-apps-7.4_1 X.org apps meta-port
xorg-docs-1.4,1 X.org documentation files
xorg-drivers-7.4_2 X.org drivers meta-port
xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.4 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-7.4 X.org fonts meta-port
xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.4 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.4 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.4 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-truetype-7.4 X.Org TrueType fonts
xorg-fonts-type1-7.4 X.Org Type1 fonts
xorg-libraries-7.4 X.org libraries meta-port
xorg-server-1.6.1,1 X.Org X server and related programs
xpr-1.0.2 Utility for printing an X window dump
xprop-1.0.4 Property displayer for X
xproto-7.0.15 X11 protocol headers
xrandr-1.3.0 Primitive command line interface to the RandR extension
xrdb-1.0.5 X server resource database utility
xrefresh-1.0.2 Refresh all or part of an X screen
xset-1.0.4 User preference utility for X
xsetmode-1.0.0 Set the mode for an X Input Device
xsetroot-1.0.2 root window parameter setting utility for X
xterm-243 Terminal emulator for the X Window System
xtrans-1.2.3 Abstract network code for X
xvinfo-1.0.2 Print out X-Video extension adaptor information
xwd-1.0.2 Dump an image of an X window
xwininfo-1.0.4 Window information utility for X
xwud-1.0.1 Image displayer for X
zenity-2.26.0 Display GNOME dialogs from the command line

[SirDice]

I split it in five parts because the forum limits the size of the posts.
You can add files to your post ;)
(Or maybe not because you're a new user.. not sure actually)

Anyway, it looks pretty complete to me, Gnome looks ok and so does Xorg.

Did you put gnome_enable in /etc/rc.conf or did you put all four of the entries seperately?

Make sure both hald and dbus are running, quick check:
pgrep -lf hal
pgrep -lg dbus

Both commands should produce some output.

[corneliu]

@ DutchDaemon: Thanks , I managed to get the file using ssh.
@ SirDice: Thanks for the mount command. Indeed the usbkey has not been mounted. No Windows here :) all Linux, so ssh did the job perfectly.

[corneliu]

$ pgrep -lf hal
1300 hald-addon-storage: /dev/da0
933 hald-addon-storage: /dev/acd1
928 hald-addon-storage: /dev/acd0
912 hald-addon-storage: no polling on /dev/fd0 because it is explicitly disabled
911 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0
896 hald-runner
887 /usr/local/sbin/hald
$ pgrep -lg dbus
usage: pgrep [-LSfilnovx] [-d delim] [-F pidfile] [-G gid] [-M core] [-N system]
[-P ppid] [-U uid] [-g pgrp] [-j jid] [-s sid]
[-t tty] [-u euid] pattern ...
$

$ cat /etc/rc.conf

# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Tue Jun 23 15:31:39 2009
# Created: Tue Jun 23 15:31:39 2009
# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
hostname="local.corneliu"
ifconfig_sis0="DHCP"
inetd_enable="YES"
ipv6_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"
$

[corneliu]

I think you ha a typo in your command
$ pgrep -lf dbus
1187 /usr/local/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
1186 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
709 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system
$

[corneliu]

ok, I reinstalled 7.2 with gnome2-lite and everything seems to work well. Many thanks to everyone for your help.

[iic2]

Most of the time it's a typo or updated web-site page. It mostly depend on versions used by others trying to help. I have live examples of that too, big-time. This is a MACHINE among millions. But is it not great that you fix-it and than gave the crew a clue. Knock on wood! That's what life is all about in this world. Bottom line,these are the 2000's. Things are changing so fast that even BEYOND Quantum can be a reality for all .. first thing in the morning before coffee. Interrupt=none.

[DutchDaemon]

Is there another planet earth I don't know about?

[SirDice]

Yeah, I don't know what kind of drugs iic2 uses but I want some too :e

[corneliu]

Yeah, I don't know what kind of drugs iic2 uses but I want some too :e
He mentioned coffee. Can a strong coffee be considered drug?

[SirDice]

He mentioned coffee. Can a strong coffee be considered drug?

Definitely. Caffeine is a psychoactive stimulant drug :e