On 4/4/2014 18:20, Ludo Beckers wrote: > <Are you editing /etc/rc.conf? > > I would like to but can't in fail safe mode, right? > I just don't see how I can login otherwise. > > <... activate them manually, e.g. /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus enable > > same problem there.
I am afraid to ask why you are an a "fail safe" mode. I thought you had already installed DF on a real machine and were logging in at after it booted. (You didn't leave the installer disk in the drive, right?) If you are logging in as root from a normal boot, you should have no trouble editing rc.conf. > > <... read the FreeBSD handbook for desktop environments > instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html > > I used this as a guide: https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/ Unfortunately, that is obsolete. It's back from pkgsrc days. Our man pages are great. Our handbook? it's terrible. <sorry> > > Stuff like this: "KDE 4 requires that procfs(5) > <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5> 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. > > I should've tried xfce first - all this is really discouraging. > Sorry about the negativity but it has literally given me a headache - a > rare thing for me. Well, I agree xfce is a better starting choice. And I would use the FreeBSD handbook. Sorry about the headache. I wish better documentation existed -- or that bad documentation like you found was deleted or hidden better. John
