startx falls down, plz help!

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ghoully

Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD and trying to use gnome. I've done quite everithing that is in the "gnome-handbook" on this site, but when I do (as a root user) "startx", it starts, even for 2 sec I can see a grey background with an "X" cursor (btw, why? I do use Gnome, not a standart xdm!!) and then it falls donw with this error:
"
Error: Cairo 1.4.10 does not yet support the requested image format...
"
How to solve that?
Thanks in advance.
 
What is this "gnome-handbook" you're talking about? Is it this one?

Post the contents of
* /etc/rc.conf
* /etc/X11/xorg.conf
* ~/.xinitrc
(inside
Code: 
 tags)

How did you install Cairo?
 
/etc/rc.conf
Code: 
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Oct 26 16:46:05 2009
# Created: Mon Oct 26 16:46:05 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="localdomain.localdomain"
ifconfig_le0="DHCP"
ipv6_enable="YES"
keymap="ru.koi8-r"
linux_enable="YES"
moused_flags=""
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Thu Oct 29 16:41:13 2009
moused_port="/dev/psm0"
moused_type="auto"
moused_enable="YES"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Code: 
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
#    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
#    Load        "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
#    Load       "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
#    Load       "dri"

EndSection


Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

#    RgbPath	"/usr/local/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
# 
# 

    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/modules"

EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"



#    Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option "Dont Zoom"



#    Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client. 

#    Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings. 

#    Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"kbd"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option	"Xleds"      "1 2 3"

#    Option "LeftAlt"     "Meta"
#    Option "RightAlt"    "ModeShift"


# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option "XkbOptions"  "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
#    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
#    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
#    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"
#    Option "XkbVariant"  ""
#    Option "XkbOptions"  ""

#    Option "XkbDisable"

    Option "XkbRules"	"xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"ru"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"	# PS/2 Mouse
    Option "Device"      "/dev/sysmouse"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

#    Option "Resolution"	"256"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"	"9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"	"150"

# Mouse wheel mapping.  Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7.   Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.

    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection




Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "My Monitor"



    HorizSync   31.5-80

    VertRefresh 56-75

EndSection




Section "Device"
    Identifier	"Standard VGA"
    VendorName	"Unknown"
    BoardName	"Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

#    Chipset	"generic"



    Driver     "vga"


#    BusID      "PCI:0:10:0"

#    VideoRam	128

#    Clocks	25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Video Card"
    Driver      "vga"
	# unsupported card
    #VideoRam    128000
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


#
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "My Video Card"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 1

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"


    Screen "Screen 1"



    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Section "DRI"
#    Mode 0666
# EndSection

~/.xinitrc
Code: 
/usr/local/bin/gnome-session
 
Please show us your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, too?

Also, does X start properly if you run 'xinit /usr/local/bin/xterm' (but with just an xterm)?

EDIT:

Also, you need to add at least these two lines to /etc/rc.conf and start the appropriate services under /usr/local/etc/rc.d/

Code: 
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
 
sorry! Of course, my rc.conf consists of this:
Code: 
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon Oct 26 16:46:05 2009
# Created: Mon Oct 26 16:46:05 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="localdomain.localdomain"
ifconfig_le0="DHCP"
ipv6_enable="YES"
keymap="ru.koi8-r"
linux_enable="YES"
moused_flags=""
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Thu Oct 29 16:41:13 2009
moused_port="/dev/psm0"
moused_type="auto"
moused_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

I also have 2 warnings during the bootstrap process:
Code: 
Starting dbus.
Unknown username "haldaemon" in message bus configuration file
/etc/rc: WARNING: $polkitd_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5)
Starting polkitd. (and so on...)
I thought that has nothing with the problem, but who knows.
 
does X start properly if you run 'xinit /usr/local/bin/xterm' (but with just an xterm)?
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It works, but my mouse moves very strange (in CLI everything is OK!).
Thank you! I appreciate your help.

I'll post the log file soon.
 
ghoully said:
I also have 2 warnings during the bootstrap process:
Code: 
Starting dbus.
Unknown username "haldaemon" in message bus configuration file
/etc/rc: WARNING: $polkitd_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5)
Starting polkitd. (and so on...)
I thought that has nothing with the problem, but who knows.
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You're missing the haldaemon user/group. There was a similar problem recently.
Check the contents of your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files and add the missing entries accordingly.

And don't forget to restart HAL and D-Bus:
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus forcerestart
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald forcerestart


ghoully said:
It works, but my mouse moves very strange
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Please define "very strange".
 
ghoully said:
Code: 
hostname="localdomain.localdomain"
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Pick a proper hostname. Do not use localdomain as a TLD. Just pick something random like mymachine.home.lan.
 
Now /etc/passwd and /etc/group look as it has to be, but I recieve constant white messages "acd0: FAILURE - unknown CMD (0x03)...". It's now impossible to do anything, even to edit files etc, how to turn off system messages at all?
And one more question: how to stop a pocess, for example if I run "find / foo" it runs for a very long time, how to stop that when I want?

Finally I started Gnome by changing the Depth in the Screen option from 1 to 8, but the mouse still doesn't work properly, the cursor "jumps" to the right top corner and stays there as soon as I touch my mouse.

If I have a 128Mb GeForce3 Ti200 (unnamed) video-card what should I write in xorg.conf?
 
ghoully said:
And one more question: how to stop a pocess, for example if I run "find / foo" it runs for a very long time, how to stop that when I want?
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Try ^C (That's ctrl-C ).


Finally I started Gnome by changing the Depth in the Screen option from 1 to 8, but the mouse still doesn't work properly, the cursor "jumps" to the right top corner and stays there as soon as I touch my mouse.
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Depth should be 24 for true color. It has nothing to do with the mouse acting weird though. Without starting X does the mouse work properly on the console?

If I have a 128Mb GeForce3 Ti200 (unnamed) video-card what should I write in xorg.conf?
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You shouldn't need an xorg.conf at all. Most, if not all, is auto-detected.
 
ghoully said:
Now /etc/passwd and /etc/group look as it has to be
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So you have both haldaemon user AND group, and you're still having the "Unknown username" error at startup? Weird.


ghoully said:
but I recieve constant white messages "acd0: FAILURE - unknown CMD (0x03)...". It's now impossible to do anything, even to edit files etc, how to turn off system messages at all?
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HAL has problems talking to your CD drive. You must disable polling:
# hal-disable-polling --device /dev/acd0
But I guess you'll lose any automounting feature in GNOME.
BTW, you can use another tty by pressing alt+Fx (F2, F3, etc.)


ghoully said:
Finally I started Gnome by changing the Depth in the Screen option from 1 to 8, but the mouse still doesn't work properly, the cursor "jumps" to the right top corner and stays there as soon as I touch my mouse.
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Bad mouse? Interference/noise? High speed mouse settings?


ghoully said:
If I have a 128Mb GeForce3 Ti200 (unnamed) video-card what should I write in xorg.conf?
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You may not need any. But if you need one and you generated it as described in the handbook (# Xorg -configure), it should work by default, provided you have the appropriate driver (I don't know which one). If you have specific problems, just say so.
 
Protocol should be sysmouse not PS/2.

And how to hide white system messages?
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Not sure what they are. What version of Freebsd are you running?
 
Beastie said:
White messages are kernel messages. In this case they're caused by HAL having problems understanding the CD drive.
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That's why I asked about the version ;) IIRC I had similar issues with 7.1 at some point.
 
So you have both haldaemon user AND group, and you're still having the "Unknown username" error at startup? Weird.
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No, now it's fixed!
Protocol should be sysmouse not PS/2.
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Thanks!
What version of Freebsd are you running?
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7.2
I recieve constant white messages "acd0: FAILURE - unknown CMD (0x03)..." even if I'm editing files/typing commands! How to turn them off without Alt+F1,2,3... ? What config to edit? ))

I can't understand the Screen section, when the DefaultDepth is 8 Gnome starts, then it ries to create windows ...and fails, so in the end I'v got only a green background and a properly moving cursor :)). If I change the DefaultDepth to 16 or 24 gnome doesn't run and there's an Error "IO Error: Can't find a screen" Where to dig? ))
 
ghoully said:
I can't understand the Screen section, when the DefaultDepth is 8 Gnome starts, then it ries to create windows ...and fails, so in the end I'v got only a green background and a properly moving cursor :)). If I change the DefaultDepth to 16 or 24 gnome doesn't run and there's an Error "IO Error: Can't find a screen" Where to dig? ))
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Just try without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should just work.
 
ghoully said:
I recieve constant white messages "acd0: FAILURE - unknown CMD (0x03)..." even if I'm editing files/typing commands! How to turn them off without Alt+F1,2,3... ? What config to edit? ))
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Re-read my post carefully. I gave you the command to stop HAL polling on your CD drive.


ghoully said:
I can't understand the Screen section, when the DefaultDepth is 8 Gnome starts, then it ries to create windows ...and fails, so in the end I'v got only a green background and a properly moving cursor :)). If I change the DefaultDepth to 16 or 24 gnome doesn't run and there's an Error "IO Error: Can't find a screen" Where to dig? ))
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If it doesn't work without xorg.conf, try this:
Code: 
Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth  16
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
                Modes   "____x____"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
                Modes   "____x____"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Try both DefaultDepth 16 and DefaultDepth 24 and change the ____ accordingly.


ghoully said:
How? Just to comment every line in xorg.conf?
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Rename it: # mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old
 
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