I get a tirade of endless messages from Caja that I can't read, because they pass by quickly & endlessly, presumably they refer to errors.mate-session
should start a MATE session - if installed correctly
Hello!I've installed Mate on 12.2 & their are heaps of info for that on Google but I can't find anything related to the command to open it, even on dedicated Google pages.
Where do I find what the command is?
Thanks.
exec mate-session
.The messages I get from trying to start mate are non-stop, but essentially they are continuously repeated, as per below. I have loaded the slim exec file in the usr..........xinitrc file.Please paste the errors you're encountering (and any other useful message) as a text snipped in code blocks.
Not sure what exact situation you're encountering but maybe redirecting stdout/stderr to a text file would help/work to get a hold on those messages.
Congratulations! MATE base has been successfully installed on your system.
For help on starting it up, as well as answers to common questions, and
some known issues, please see the FreeBSD GNOME homepage at:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/
root@Mistletoe:~ # /gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined
Failed to load module: /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
Initializing caja-image-converter extension
Initializing caja-open-terminal extension
Initializing caja-xattr-tags extension
** Message: 00:44:21.481: Initializing gksu extension...
/usr/local/lib/libproxy.so.1: version LIBPROXY_0.4.16 required by /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined
Failed to load module: /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
Initializing caja-image-converter extension
Initializing caja-open-terminal extension
Initializing caja-xattr-tags extension
** Message: 00:44:21.563: Initializing gksu extension...
/usr/local/lib/libproxy.so.1: version LIBPROXY_0.4.16 required by /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined
Failed to load module: /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
Initializing caja-image-converter extension
Initializing caja-open-terminal extension
Initializing caja-xattr-tags extension
** Message: 00:44:21.645: Initializing gksu extension...
/usr/local/lib/libproxy.so.1: version LIBPROXY_0.4.16 required by /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined
Failed to load module: /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
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[1/1] Installing slim-1.3.6_22...
[1/1] Extracting slim-1.3.6_22: 100%
The only difference with my system is net/libproxy. I can see that I have/usr/local/lib/libproxy.so.1: version LIBPROXY_0.4.16 required by /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined
Failed to load module: /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
libproxy-0.4.17
How did you install it?I've installed Mate on 12.2
Originally I installed packages Xorg, Slim, & Mate.How did you install it?
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"
proc procfs rw 0 0
exec mate-session
init 6
stopping cron
exec mate-session
in .Xinitrc (I'm not sure)How did you install it?
HALD is deprecated these days. Not needed any more.hald_enable="YES"
Other than any command errors, above, I would like to have the option to choose the desktop to work in, not to go directly to the mate desktop & to be able to use a mate login password. I can't recall being asked for this password during configuration. I would want to use the same as for Lumina, but at present that doesn't work.
It's ~/.xinitrc, not ~/.Xinitrc.nano .Xinitrc;
Did you put that in .xinitrc or where those commands you typed? Don't put them in .xinitrc. And don't useinit 6
stopping cron
init 6
to restart, use shutdown -r now
. Yes, technically you can use init(8) but it won't shutdown nicely. [ -n "$1" ] && [ -x "$1" ] && exec "$1"
If I understood you correctly - when you are in Xorg based login manager or WM, you can always press Ctrl+Alt+F<1...8> to drop into one of the console terminals. Back to the WM by pressing Alt+F9. NB! This is not logout. Everything remains running. Just an instant drop into the console.But how can I get back into the system to do any of this?
If I have to reinstall the whole 12.2 OS & using the Mate desktop option with Lumina, where/when in the configuration process does the system ask me to supply a user name & password for the Mate desktop.
video
group in /etc/group grep video /etc/group
slim_enable
from /etc/rc.conf. Then start the system. You should now be able to login on the console and fix your issue.Thanks for getting me back in. I'm forever grateful that I don't need to do a heap of work reinstalling. That truism also has been confirmed by SirDice a couple of times now. Very useful to know that! I'm convinced, at last!If I understood you correctly - when you are in Xorg based login manager or WM, you can always press Ctrl+Alt+F<1...8> to drop into one of the console terminals. Back to the WM by pressing Alt+F9. NB! This is not logout. Everything remains running. Just an instant drop into the console.
You do not have to reinstall the system - never under FreeBSD. WM is ordinary user process using Xorg. You just use one or several of your machine users. Put them into thevideo
group in /etc/group
grep video /etc/group
$ mate session
/usr/local/lib/libproxy.so.1:version LIBPROXY-0.4.16 required by /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so not defined.
Failed to load module:usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
unable to init server. could not connect to 127.0.0.1 (I think cups printer was off)
** (mate-session:1260: WARNING** cannot open display
ls -l /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
mate-session
as you are trying to do and as expected, it results with:Unable to init server: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
** (mate-session:80166): WARNING **: 20:56:09.828: Cannot open display:
ls -l /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
root@Mistletoe:~ # ls -l /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9664 Apr 8 17:45 /usr/local/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
It complains about net/libproxy
Do you have it?[/cmd]
as you are trying to do and as expected, it results with:
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[QUOTE="Argentum, post: 507495, member: 61182"]
[cmd]Is your Xorg OK? Can you start the login manager (slim) for example? What do you have in [FILE]/var/log/Xorg.0.log[/FILE]?
If you try to use SLIM, it has also logfile [FILE]/var/log/slim.log[/FILE]
Also tried to run [CMD]mate-session
Code:Unable to init server: Could not connect to 127.0.0.1: Connection refused [/cmd] the slim log file says; [code] slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections. slim: Last login: Tue Apr 20 21:19:34 on unix:0.0 slim: waiting for X server to shut down slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections. slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication error slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication error slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication error slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication error slim: unexpected signal 15 slim: waiting for X server to shut down
** (mate-session:80166): WARNING **: 20:56:09.828: Cannot open display:[/CODE]
That means it does not know how to start Xorg. Read mate-session(1)
If you do not like SLIM, try x11/sddm. Personally I am happy with it.
You can also read xdm(8). Maybe you can use it.