<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24756"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">Many thanks to both of you!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24911"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24932"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">@Zachary, I have a Release (I think my difficulties might have something to do with my graphic card).</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24997"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25003"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"> @Peeter, I am very impressed by your effort!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25184"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25051"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">No, I did not have the same typo in my rc.conf file. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25098"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25100"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">Earlier, I tried this method you mentioned with the .xinitrc, and it did not even start up. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25211"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25307"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">I did the recommended pkg upgrade, and retried - still no results :{</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25355"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25392"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">Anyway, many thanks to you both and I am not willing to give it up!<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25397"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25399"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25443"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">Yours,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25444"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25482"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878">RE<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25271"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_25310"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522160803358_24878"></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> Den Tirsdag, 27. mars 2018 10.21 skrev karu.pruun <karu.pruun@gmail.com>:<br></font></div>  <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">Can you check that the syntax for starting dbus in /etc/rc.conf is<br clear="none">correct? It should read<br clear="none"><br clear="none">dbus_enable="YES"<br clear="none"><br clear="none">i.e. no 'd' in 'enable'. As a quick test, I installed the current<br clear="none">lumina package, lumina-1.4.1,3, created the .xinitrc with a single<br clear="none">line<br clear="none"><br clear="none">exec /usr/local/bin/start-lumina-desktop<br clear="none"><br clear="none">and used startx --- lumina starts up fine. Can you check if this works<br clear="none">for you? If not, can you force update all the packages with<br clear="none"><br clear="none">sudo pkg upgrade -f<br clear="none"><br clear="none">and try again?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Peeter<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yqt4215665886" id="yqtfd89447"><br clear="none">On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:37 AM, Ravnengel <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ravnengel@yahoo.no" href="mailto:ravnengel@yahoo.no">ravnengel@yahoo.no</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Hello fellow DragonFly BSD users,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I am a newbie to DragonFly and have experienced some difficulties with<br clear="none">> setting up a graphical interface.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> After having installed the system itself;<br clear="none">> having done the obligatory pkg install xorg (and lumina-desktop);<br clear="none">> having added dbus_enabled="YES" to /etc/rc.conf;<br clear="none">> and doing a trick to start lumina - from a small shell script that contains<br clear="none">> exec xinit /usr/local/bin/start-lumina-desktop<br clear="none">> (this was taken from <a shape="rect" href="https://github.com/trueos/lumina/issues/280" target="_blank">https://github.com/trueos/lumina/issues/280 </a>)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> - it worked for a while, but in the last few days, I get into the same<br clear="none">> problem: the system boots up correctly, but starting a GUI ends up in "No<br clear="none">> Signal" on the screen and complete darkness.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> What else should I check?<br clear="none">> I see other users experiencing something similar, so I think it might be<br clear="none">> useful to set up a detailed troubleshooting.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Does anyone have any further ideas on how to solve this?<br clear="none">> Thanks in advance!<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sincerely,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> A.A. Arman a.k.a. Ravnengel<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>