<div dir="ltr"><div><Are you editing /etc/rc.conf?<br><br>I would like to but can't in fail safe mode, right?<br></div><div>I just don't see how I can login otherwise.<br></div><div><br>
<... activate them manually, e.g. /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus enable<br><br></div>same problem there.<br><div>
<br>
<... read the FreeBSD handbook for desktop environments<br>
instructions: <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html" target="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html</a><br><br>I used this as a guide: <a href="https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/">https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/</a><br>
<br></div><div>Stuff like this: "<span class="">KDE 4</span> requires that
<a class="" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5"><span class=""><span class="">procfs</span>(5)</span></a> be mounted" makes me regret I installed KDE also, since I get the feeling one has to be half an expert before anything can be achieved - even a basic install. <br>
<br></div><div>I should've tried xfce first - all this is really discouraging.<br></div><div>Sorry about the negativity but it has literally given me a headache - a rare thing for me.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Ludo <br><a href="http://www.potingue.be" target="_blank">www.potingue.be</a></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:31 PM, John Marino <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:freebsd.contact@marino.st" target="_blank">freebsd.contact@marino.st</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On 4/4/2014 17:19, Ludo Beckers wrote:<br>
> After installing xorg I installed KDE 4.12.3_1<br>
> In rc.conf I added, as was suggested after install was complete, this line:<br>
> kdm4_enable="YES"<br>
><br>
> Now login shows kdm but I get this error:<br>
> Warning: Cannot open ConsoleKit session: Unable to open session: Failed<br>
> to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/syste(unreadable here because the<br>
> window goes past the monitors' edge)<br>
> I press OK and get another message:<br>
> Can you call qdbus? I press okay and am back at the kdm login - this<br>
> loops in other words.<br>
><br>
> Then I spent hours trying to find similar errors in divers fora.<br>
> I ended up succesfully logging in to fail safe mode now, but if I want<br>
> to take out the kdm-line from rc.conf I don't have permission.<br>
> su root simply says "sorry" and in vi :wq! doesn't do it either.<br>
><br>
> This looks like worth a try:<br>
</div>> Logging into an alternate DE, running *sudo chown -R username .dbus* and<br>
<div class="">> then rebooting (don't just logout, that consistently locked my machine<br>
> up) should fix the problem.<br>
> (taken from <a href="http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=19353" target="_blank">http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=19353</a>)<br>
> but sudo is a command not found where I am now (fail safe mode).<br>
><br>
> Another suggestion is to install some Qt packages<br>
> <a href="https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4319" target="_blank">https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4319</a> but again I guess I<br>
> need to be root for that.<br>
><br>
> KDE-forum talks about Qt also but the solution this user took is a<br>
> drastic reinstall <a href="http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=99228" target="_blank">http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=99228</a><br>
><br>
> Has anyone had this happen too?<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>Are you editing /etc/rc.conf?<br>
e.g adding something like:<br>
dbus_enable="YES"<br>
<br>
It will scroll by too fast but you have to tell DF that these daemons<br>
are to be started upon boot. And the first time that you install them,<br>
you have to activate them manually, e.g. /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus enable<br>
<br>
I would also read the FreeBSD handbook for desktop environments<br>
instructions: <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html" target="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html</a><br>
We share the ports so the instructions are usually valid for both systems.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
John<br>
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