Hello, I'm new to freebsd and the way it works(I mean, completely new; I don't even really understand what's going on in the handbook).
I'm mentioning this, because I've searched the threads to find the solution to my problem and I didn't get half the things that were said,
so please be specific; For example: if you tell me to edit some file, please specify where I can find it.
Recently, I've installed the 11.1 version of freebsd and tried to install the xfce desktop environment.
(As I've mentioned, I don't get the handbook, so I followed a youtube tutorial instead:
)
I did the following (right after the system installation):
a) pkg update
b) pkg upgrade
c) pkg install xorg
d) pkg install slim
e) pkg install xfce
f) pkg install nano
g) I enabled the dbus, hald and slim in the /etc/rc.conf file
h) I made the file .xinitrc and typed in "exec startxfce4" and then saved.
i) I rebooted.
As the system rebooted I got this on the screen:
...
Starting syslogd.
No core dumps found.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Starting default moused.
Starting dbus.
Starting hald.
Updating motd.
Mounting late filesystems:.
Starting ntpd.
Jun 27 00:41:23 localhost ntpd[696]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leapseconds.list'): expired less than 181 days ago
Starting slim.
startxfce4 - Xfce Session
startxfce4 - Xfce Session
Starting avahi-daemon.
Starting avahi-dnsconfd.
Configuring vt: blanktime.
Starting sendmail_submit.
Starting_sendmail_msp_queue.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
Wed Jun 27 00:41:27 CEST 2018
FreeBSD/amd64 (localhost) (ttyv0)
login:
So, as you can see, no shiny GUI showed up, nor even a GUI login screen;
Could somebody tell me why? Have I messed something up (besides using the youtube tutorial and omitting the handbook)?
What has to be done/modified in order to make xfce properly function?
I'm mentioning this, because I've searched the threads to find the solution to my problem and I didn't get half the things that were said,
so please be specific; For example: if you tell me to edit some file, please specify where I can find it.
Recently, I've installed the 11.1 version of freebsd and tried to install the xfce desktop environment.
(As I've mentioned, I don't get the handbook, so I followed a youtube tutorial instead:
I did the following (right after the system installation):
a) pkg update
b) pkg upgrade
c) pkg install xorg
d) pkg install slim
e) pkg install xfce
f) pkg install nano
g) I enabled the dbus, hald and slim in the /etc/rc.conf file
h) I made the file .xinitrc and typed in "exec startxfce4" and then saved.
i) I rebooted.
As the system rebooted I got this on the screen:
...
Starting syslogd.
No core dumps found.
Clearing /tmp (X related).
Starting default moused.
Starting dbus.
Starting hald.
Updating motd.
Mounting late filesystems:.
Starting ntpd.
Jun 27 00:41:23 localhost ntpd[696]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leapseconds.list'): expired less than 181 days ago
Starting slim.
startxfce4 - Xfce Session
startxfce4 - Xfce Session
Starting avahi-daemon.
Starting avahi-dnsconfd.
Configuring vt: blanktime.
Starting sendmail_submit.
Starting_sendmail_msp_queue.
Starting cron.
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds.
Wed Jun 27 00:41:27 CEST 2018
FreeBSD/amd64 (localhost) (ttyv0)
login:
So, as you can see, no shiny GUI showed up, nor even a GUI login screen;
Could somebody tell me why? Have I messed something up (besides using the youtube tutorial and omitting the handbook)?
What has to be done/modified in order to make xfce properly function?