Gnome Show Blank Screen
John Marino
dragonflybsd at marino.st
Thu May 28 23:07:45 PDT 2015
On 5/29/2015 04:08, karu.pruun wrote:
> Seems you have different problems, both with xorg and with the desktop
> environment. Get back to the point above where you got the black-grey
> grid with X shaped cursor, this shows that Xorg is working but you lack
> the desktop environment. This is because your log file shows you put the
> wrong path in the .xinitrc file (the DragonFly handbook is outdated).
> The correct line should be something in the /usr/local/bin directory,
> for instance
Karu, I looked at dfly handbook and this is at the top: "This page is
very out of date, it needs to be updated for dports and current WM"
Apparently we should make the font 10x bigger.
And put "DO NOT USE THIS" too
John
>
> ---.xinitrc---
> exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session
> --- ---
>
> so do as it says on the FreeBSD webpage that John Marino gave you above:
>
> % echo "exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc
>
> this should at least get rid of the error "/root/.xinitrc:
> /usr/pkg/bin/gnome-session: not found".
>
> If you need to install xorg packages separately then it seems
> something's wrong. Normally you only need to write
>
> % sudo pkg install xorg
>
> and this meta package should give you all the xorg you need. I usually
> get the graphical desktop running by doing
>
> % sudo pkg install xorg xfce
> % echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc
> % startx
>
> (Sometimes need to tweak the xorg.conf too).
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Peeter
>
> --
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Mohammad BadieZadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com <mailto:mbzadegan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> I installed gnome-session and then see that (on /var/log/Xorg.0.log)
> I must installed fbdev.
> So I installed that and now Xorg note me to install fbdevhw!
> I search fbdevhw on the ports but nothing found!
> What am I doing to install a desktop in DF-BSD?
>
>
>
> On May 28, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov
> <baurthefirst at gmail.com <mailto:baurthefirst at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> pkg install gnome-session since your log says (/root/.xinitrc:
> /usr/pkg/bin/gnome-session: not found)
>
> I've had issues with intel graphics (Sandybridge) also couple of
> month ago.
>
> For now I suggest you to try snapshots.
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Mohammad BadieZadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com <mailto:mbzadegan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I commented second device that detected as vesa SCREEN on the
> xorg.conf.new file.
> It leads me to black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor was
> appeared when I run Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro.
> Now Still While I try startx the blank screen was appeared and I
> force to reboot by Ctrl+Alt+Del keys.
>
>
> unix_usb# startx
> xauth: file /root/.serverauth.1171 does not exist
> xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "unix_usb:0" in "list" command
> xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "unix_usb:0" in "add" command
>
>
> X.Org <http://X.Org> X Server 1.14.7
> Release Date: 2014-06-05
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: DragonFly 4.1-DEVELOPMENT x86_64
> Current Operating System: DragonFly unix_usb 4.0-RELEASE
> DragonFly v4.0.5-RELEASE #29: S x86_64
> Build Date: 03 May 2015 10:32:54AM
>
> Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
> unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 28 14:26:31 2015
> (==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
> Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
> Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
> Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
> Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
> Initializing built-in extension XTEST
> Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
> Initializing built-in extension SYNC
> Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
> Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
> Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
> Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
> Initializing built-in extension RENDER
> Initializing built-in extension RANDR
> Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
> Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
> Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
> Initializing built-in extension RECORD
> Initializing built-in extension DPMS
> Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
> Initializing built-in extension XVideo
> Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
> Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
> Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
> Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
> Initializing built-in extension DRI2
> Loading extension GLX
> /root/.xinitrc: /usr/pkg/bin/gnome-session: not found
> xinit: connection to X server lost
>
> waiting for X server to shut down (EE) Server terminated
> successfully (0). Closing log file.
>
> xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "unix_usb:0" in "remove" command
>
>
> And drop me to Blank screen!
> How can I resolve that?
> Can anyone install a Desktop Environment On the Intel Graphic
> Device?
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Mohammad BadieZadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com <mailto:mbzadegan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On the last line of Xorg.0.log I see an Error about 2 device
> finding!
>
> [ 158.875] Number of created screens does not match number
> of detected devices.
> Configuration failed.
> [ 158.875] (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing
> log file.
>
> I have installing on my ASUS S200E notebook and it has 1 LCD
> Device,
> How can resolve that?
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Mohammad BadieZadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com <mailto:mbzadegan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> *@Justin Sheril:*
> I have this files in my /var/log/xorg.0.log:
> unix_usb# cat /var/log/Xorg.
> Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log.old Xorg.1.log
> Xorg.1.log.old
> Is that must be only Xorg.0 Files or with Xorg.1 Files
> included?
> Which one I should be read?
> *@Bernardino Gonzalez*
> Ok, When I try Xorg -configure it is drop me to blank
> screen like before!
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 6:15 AM, Bernardino Gonzalez
> <fullmatad at yahoo.com <mailto:fullmatad at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> Have you made sure xorg.conf looks okay? I had a
> similar issue and it turned out that when I ran Xorg
> -configure it had detected two monitors instead of
> one for some reason. I deleted the second monitor
> from my xorg.conf file and it fixed it.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From*:"Justin Sherrill" <justin at shiningsilence.com
> <mailto:justin at shiningsilence.com>>
> *Date*:Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:24 PM
> *Subject*:Re: Gnome Show Blank Screen
>
> In addition to what John said, xorg will log to
> /var/log/xorg.0.log or
> something similar in name. If there's something
> that doesn't work, an
> error with a code of (EE) will be logged, and
> that'll give you a hint
> as to what caused any problems.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Mohammad BadieZadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I Installed the last release of DragonflyBSD and
> then install Xorg without
> > any errors.
> > Now I Installed Gnome and while I try startx it's
> show me a blank screen.
> > BTW, I installed Xfce and now like Gnome I see
> blank screen when I try
> > startx!
> > Also I tested them with normal user and the root user.
> > How can I install at least one Desktop Environments?
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
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