Re: desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

I got back through it.
If you have /etc/machine-id does not exist run as root: dbus-uuidgen
--ensure
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 9:28 PM Aaron LI  wrote:

> Hi Engwall,
>
> Cool that it worked for you.
>
> It would be great if you could share your experience/findings on the list,
> so
> that it could help other users with similar issues in a later time.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:57:08 -0800
> Jonathan Engwall  wrote:
>
> > This worked. Thanks Aaron!
> > Package sources
> >
> > Edit */usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/df-latest.conf*and activate your nearest
> > mirror. For Germany choose ?
> > SchlundundTech.
> > Deactivate Avalon.
> >
> > Avalon: {
> >.
> >enabled : no
> > }
> > ...
> > SchlundTech: {
> > url :
> http://dfly.schlundtech.de/dports/${ABI}/LATEST,
> > enabled : yes
> > }
> >
> > Now update the Repository and start installing stuff.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 8:22 PM Jonathan Engwall <
> > engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I will try that. At the moment I am glad to have my files backed up.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 7:34 PM Aaron LI  wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:19:45 -0800
> > >> Jonathan Engwall  wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Can anyone explain this?
> > >> > See the screenshot image...
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Hi. I have a dfly master (v5.5) in VirtualBox and the 'pkg' works
> well.
> > >>
> > >> How about the output of 'pkg stats' in your dfly?  Mine is:
> > >> ---
> > >> # pkg stats
> > >> Local package database:
> > >> Installed packages: 152
> > >> Disk space occupied: 1 GiB
> > >>
> > >> Remote package database(s):
> > >> Number of repositories: 1
> > >> Packages available: 29541
> > >> Unique packages: 29541
> > >> Total size of packages: 46 GiB
> > >> ---
> > >>
> > >> By the way, do you have any custom pkg settings (e.g., in
> > >> '/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf') ?
> > >>
> > >> Another thing you could try is to recreate the pkg database (e.g.,
> remove
> > >> /var/db/pkg and fetch it again).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> --
> > >> Aaron
> > >>
> > >
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron
>

Re: desktop problem

[Aaron LI]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:19:45 -0800
Jonathan Engwall  wrote:

> Can anyone explain this?
> See the screenshot image...
> 

Hi. I have a dfly master (v5.5) in VirtualBox and the 'pkg' works well.

How about the output of 'pkg stats' in your dfly?  Mine is:
---
# pkg stats
Local package database:
Installed packages: 152
Disk space occupied: 1 GiB

Remote package database(s):
Number of repositories: 1
Packages available: 29541
Unique packages: 29541
Total size of packages: 46 GiB
---

By the way, do you have any custom pkg settings (e.g., in 
'/usr/local/etc/pkg.conf') ?

Another thing you could try is to recreate the pkg database (e.g., remove 
/var/db/pkg and fetch it again).


Cheers,
-- 
Aaron

Re: desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

Can anyone explain this?
See the screenshot image...

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 9:14 PM Jonathan Engwall <
engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it seems that dbus support is there but the directories which the OS
> "cannot find" really are not there.
> I have installed dozens of packages with "pkg search "
> followed by "pkg install " that is not really the issue.
> The issue is the login screen of KDE locks me out. I looked for the
> launcher itself to tell it to dbus-launch with no real success.
> I installed KDE with mkdesktop as root. My last guess is that I can launch
> KDE from a script in root. However there are several directories which
> really do not exist.
> Jonathan Engwall
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 5:24 PM Matthew Dillon 
>> Make sure /etc/rc.conf has:
>>
>> dbus_enable="YES"
>>
>> You should be able to add and remove packages at-will with the 'pkg'
>> program as root.  If it isn't on the system you can bootstrap it with:
>>
>> cd /usr
>> make pkg-bootstrap
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:46 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Downloading 5.4.1 now hoping for better results.
>>> Any advice, suggestion, inquiry is welcome.
>>> Jonathan Engwall
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 2:06 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>>> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
 Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.

 On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall <
 engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:

> I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11
> and DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build
> KDE and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
> I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the
> live image several times and made changes which ultimately have not
> produced results.
> I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
> changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
> At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image
> as root does not allow me to remove any packages.
> How can I get around the desktop login?
> Jonathan Engwall
> Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty
>

Re: desktop problem

[Pierre Abbat]

On Wednesday, 20 February 2019 01.44.26 EST Seann Aswell wrote:
> Of course if anyone has actually attempted to get KDE5 to work on
> DragonFly, they will likely chime in...

It's been some months since I actually used KDE on DragonFly, but it is still 
installed and I should be able to get it up. The last reason I logged into 
DragonFly (as opposed to ssh-ing into it) was to ssh into my Linux laptop to 
kill a program that was grabbing all the memory it could and making it 
impossible to even move the mouse.

I got KDE running by installing a login manager (namely sddm). sddm is 
installed in /usr/local/, so its startup script (as are others) is in /usr/
local/etc/rc.d/. I just tried to enable it with rcrun, but it crashed. I'll be 
away for a few days and won't be able to fix it till I get back.

I have kwrite running on DFly over ssh. The KDE version is 5.47.0 (5.44.0 on 
Linux).

I'm not sure what package you have to install to get the KDE desktop, but it 
may be one of the plasma packages.

Pierre

-- 
Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen.

Re: desktop problem

[Ahto Taat]

x11/plasma5-plasma(-desktop) should work on FreeBSD ports since Spring 2018.


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On Wednesday, 20. February 2019 15:49, Gerald Henriksen  
wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:44:26 -0600, you wrote:
>
> > Not sure you will have much luck with KDE5 on DragonFly, as it is very
> > much a Linux oriented desktop environment. The PCBSD folks (now TrueOS)
> > used to support KDE4, but eventually started work on a QT5 based BSD
> > oriented desktop called Lumina, which does work well on DragonFly.
>
> KDE5 is currently supported by FreeBSD, so in theory it should be
> possible to get it to work.

Re: desktop problem

[Gerald Henriksen]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:44:26 -0600, you wrote:

>Not sure you will have much luck with KDE5 on DragonFly, as it is very 
>much a Linux oriented desktop environment. The PCBSD folks (now TrueOS) 
>used to support KDE4, but eventually started work on a QT5 based BSD 
>oriented desktop called Lumina, which does work well on DragonFly.

KDE5 is currently supported by FreeBSD, so in theory it should be
possible to get it to work.  

Re: desktop problem

[Seann Aswell]

Not sure you will have much luck with KDE5 on DragonFly, as it is very 
much a Linux oriented desktop environment. The PCBSD folks (now TrueOS) 
used to support KDE4, but eventually started work on a QT5 based BSD 
oriented desktop called Lumina, which does work well on DragonFly.


https://lumina-desktop.org/

Of course if anyone has actually attempted to get KDE5 to work on 
DragonFly, they will likely chime in...



On 2/19/19 11:14 PM, Jonathan Engwall wrote:
Yes, it seems that dbus support is there but the directories which the 
OS "cannot find" really are not there.
I have installed dozens of packages with "pkg search whatever>" followed by "pkg install " that is not really the 
issue.
The issue is the login screen of KDE locks me out. I looked for the 
launcher itself to tell it to dbus-launch with no real success.
I installed KDE with mkdesktop as root. My last guess is that I can 
launch KDE from a script in root. However there are several 
directories which really do not exist.

Jonathan Engwall

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 5:24 PM Matthew Dillon  wrote:


Make sure /etc/rc.conf has:

dbus_enable="YES"

You should be able to add and remove packages at-will with the
'pkg' program as root.  If it isn't on the system you can
bootstrap it with:

cd /usr
make pkg-bootstrap

-Matt

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:46 PM Jonathan Engwall
mailto:engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Downloading 5.4.1 now hoping for better results.
Any advice, suggestion, inquiry is welcome.
Jonathan Engwall

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 2:06 PM Jonathan Engwall
mailto:engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:

Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall
mailto:engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it
is now 1:45. X11 and DBUS did not configure properly.
Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build KDE and now,
because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot
log in.
I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I
have used the live image several times and made
changes which ultimately have not produced results.
I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an
.xinitrc, I have changed the .login and .login-config
both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using
the live image as root does not allow me to remove any
packages.
How can I get around the desktop login?
Jonathan Engwall
Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty

Re: desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

Yes, it seems that dbus support is there but the directories which the OS
"cannot find" really are not there.
I have installed dozens of packages with "pkg search "
followed by "pkg install " that is not really the issue.
The issue is the login screen of KDE locks me out. I looked for the
launcher itself to tell it to dbus-launch with no real success.
I installed KDE with mkdesktop as root. My last guess is that I can launch
KDE from a script in root. However there are several directories which
really do not exist.
Jonathan Engwall

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 5:24 PM Matthew Dillon  Make sure /etc/rc.conf has:
>
> dbus_enable="YES"
>
> You should be able to add and remove packages at-will with the 'pkg'
> program as root.  If it isn't on the system you can bootstrap it with:
>
> cd /usr
> make pkg-bootstrap
>
> -Matt
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:46 PM Jonathan Engwall <
> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Downloading 5.4.1 now hoping for better results.
>> Any advice, suggestion, inquiry is welcome.
>> Jonathan Engwall
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 2:06 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>>> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
 I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11
 and DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build
 KDE and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
 I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the
 live image several times and made changes which ultimately have not
 produced results.
 I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
 changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
 At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image
 as root does not allow me to remove any packages.
 How can I get around the desktop login?
 Jonathan Engwall
 Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty

>>>

Re: desktop problem

[Matthew Dillon]

Make sure /etc/rc.conf has:

dbus_enable="YES"

You should be able to add and remove packages at-will with the 'pkg'
program as root.  If it isn't on the system you can bootstrap it with:

cd /usr
make pkg-bootstrap

-Matt

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:46 PM Jonathan Engwall <
engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Downloading 5.4.1 now hoping for better results.
> Any advice, suggestion, inquiry is welcome.
> Jonathan Engwall
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 2:06 PM Jonathan Engwall <
> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11
>>> and DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build
>>> KDE and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
>>> I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the live
>>> image several times and made changes which ultimately have not produced
>>> results.
>>> I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
>>> changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
>>> At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image as
>>> root does not allow me to remove any packages.
>>> How can I get around the desktop login?
>>> Jonathan Engwall
>>> Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty
>>>
>>

Re: desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

Downloading 5.4.1 now hoping for better results.
Any advice, suggestion, inquiry is welcome.
Jonathan Engwall

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 2:06 PM Jonathan Engwall <
engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:

> Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall <
> engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11
>> and DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build
>> KDE and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
>> I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the live
>> image several times and made changes which ultimately have not produced
>> results.
>> I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
>> changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
>> At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image as
>> root does not allow me to remove any packages.
>> How can I get around the desktop login?
>> Jonathan Engwall
>> Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty
>>
>

Re: desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

Also you should know that I am using it on virtualbox.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:52 PM Jonathan Engwall <
engwalljonathanther...@gmail.com wrote:

> I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11 and
> DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build KDE
> and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
> I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the live
> image several times and made changes which ultimately have not produced
> results.
> I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
> changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
> At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image as
> root does not allow me to remove any packages.
> How can I get around the desktop login?
> Jonathan Engwall
> Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty
>

desktop problem

[Jonathan Engwall]

I have spent all day working on this, since 8 a.m. it is now 1:45. X11 and
DBUS did not configure properly. Mkdesktop is the pkg I used to build KDE
and now, because /var/run/dbus is literaly not there I cannot log in.
I need to bypass the desktop to get console access. I have used the live
image several times and made changes which ultimately have not produced
results.
I have changed the entry for tty8, I have written an .xinitrc, I have
changed the .login and .login-config both to BAK.login. And I get nowhere.
At this point I want to remove KDE, but I can't. Using the live image as
root does not allow me to remove any packages.
How can I get around the desktop login?
Jonathan Engwall
Also I have noticed that /etc/X11/ is empty