Ok the solution here with this gnome problem, waas to upgrade from _stable to _current.
sysupgrade -s did the trick, now gnome runs perfectly. *Michael G. Workman* (321) 432-9295 michael.g.work...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 6:05 PM Michael G Workman < michael.g.work...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > OpenBSD is a great operating system, glad to have been to installed it > successfully. > > I installed OpenBSD on a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop with dual core 2ghz intel > processor, 2 GB of RAM, and 120 GB hard drive (circa 2008 laptop) > > I had problems with firefox, but installed Chromium instead and Chrome > works great for web browsing. > > I also installed bash and nano, and also installed Gnome. Hoping to use > Gnome instead of the default window manager. > > But encountered a fatal error, the X server could not be found, and also a > driver called xf86OpenConsole was missing, causing a fatal server error. > > When I installed it, I chose openbsd-dell for the hostname, and then > OpenBSD tacked on attlocal.net to it to make it openbsd-dell.attlocal.net, > but not sure how that happened, an nslookup on attlocal.net says it is an > invalid domain. > > I am sure it must be a simple fix, here is my Xorg.1.log file: > > Thanks. > > [ 6760.324] > X.Org X Server 1.20.5 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > [ 6760.324] Build Operating System: OpenBSD 6.6 amd64 > [ 6760.324] Current Operating System: OpenBSD openbsd-dell.attlocal.net > 6.6 GENERIC.MP#372 amd64 > [ 6760.324] Build Date: 12 October 2019 11:22:22AM > [ 6760.324] > [ 6760.325] Current version of pixman: 0.38.4 > [ 6760.325] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > [ 6760.325] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default > setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > [ 6760.325] (==) Log file: > "/home/mworkman72/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log", Time: Tue Jan 7 15:01:09 > 2020 > [ 6760.341] (==) Using system config directory > "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > [ 6760.351] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. > [ 6760.351] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. > [ 6760.351] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) > [ 6760.351] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" > [ 6760.352] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". > Using a default monitor configuration. > [ 6760.352] (==) Automatically adding devices > [ 6760.352] (==) Automatically enabling devices > [ 6760.352] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices > [ 6760.352] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff > [ 6760.401] (==) FontPath set to: > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ > [ 6760.401] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > [ 6760.401] (II) The server relies on wscons to provide the list of input > devices. > If no devices become available, reconfigure wscons or disable > AutoAddDevices. > [ 6760.401] (II) Loader magic: 0xef025473000 > [ 6760.402] (II) Module ABI versions: > [ 6760.402] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 > [ 6760.402] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0 > [ 6760.402] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1 > [ 6760.404] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0 > [ 6760.404] (EE) > Fatal server error: > [ 6760.404] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: No console driver found > Supported drivers: wscons > Check your kernel's console driver configuration and /dev entries(EE) > [ 6760.404] (EE) > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support > at http://wiki.x.org > for help. > [ 6760.404] (EE) Please also check the log file at > "/home/mworkman72/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. > [ 6760.405] (EE) > [ 6760.406] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. > > *Michael G. Workman* > (321) 432-9295 > michael.g.work...@gmail.com > >
