Howto get GhostBSD running if installation stops with cursor+pointer

grandpa

Hello,

@ericbsd - Thank you.

If the GhostBSD install stops with a screen showing a cursor up left and a mouse pointer middle (or with a login prompt or with any other graphical error) try the following:

At the screen press ctrl alt F1 to get to the login prompt
Login as ghostbsd then su to root
cd /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
vi 20.conf (if you dont' know how to use vi test editor - use google)
Press i and type in the following:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "scfb"
EndSection

Press escape and then ZZ to save
Type exit from root and become ghostbsd again
Type startx and the GUI should start
Run the installation

You can also try Driver "modesetting" in 20.conf for better resolution

This worked for me but I can not guarantee that it will work for anyone else.

/grandpa

brianthehughes

If you're at the command line, you can use

sudo xconfig scfb
or
sudo xconfig manual

to bring up a menu to set graphics

I've always used :wq to save and quit vi - learn something new every day.

grandpa

Hello,

@brianthehughes Thank you! That is a great tip and would have saved me a bunch of reboots 🙂

Apropos vi - Gotta love a software written by someone named Bill Joy 😃

/grandpa