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by UnixLinuxB
Sun May 01, 2022 5:07 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Trying to get network up.
Replies: 4
Views: 7809

Re: Trying to get network up.

Running out of time, I reverted it to Freebsd-14, where I discovered: rtwn0-usb, onboard wifi, failures most likely due low battery life Even if wlan1 showed "associated" , internet did not come up for some reason... I finally got ethernet with em0. ifconfig: route add default: after count...
by UnixLinuxB
Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:43 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Trying to get network up.
Replies: 4
Views: 7809

Re: Trying to get network up.

Following web examples,
ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default 192.168.0.1 # the lan part on the router
" network is unreachable"
....
also dug out an eu0/axe0 usb-to-ethernet, recieved "device not configured" at connection attempts
by UnixLinuxB
Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:04 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Trying to get network up.
Replies: 4
Views: 7809

Trying to get network up.

I've a dell latitude with an onboard iwm0, [ no iwlwifi.ko on the system ], and a small usb dongle rtwn0. going thru all manner of configurations, 'service netif start' has wpa_supplicant giving up. ............................. 3 entries for the rtwn in loader.conf were not enough. wlan1="WPA ...
by UnixLinuxB
Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: Can't login mate DE lightdm after upgrade
Replies: 11
Views: 9783

Re: Can't login mate DE lightdm after upgrade

I ran across this issue. [ the title of the thread ]. update of 7/25 user cannot login after entering the correct password, it cycles back to enter the correct password again. .... pending test: /usr/local/bin/glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas [ from a linux forum, so just guess...
by UnixLinuxB
Sat May 09, 2020 6:33 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Checks to run after installation
Replies: 5
Views: 4214

Re: Checks to run after installation

I installed ghost twice and ran it for a few hours and then had a load of problems (hanging, I do not remember what because I was so annoyed and disappointed). During the installation sequence a screen came up with a number of possible selections (Radeon cards, Vesa etc) and I selected on and it wo...
by UnixLinuxB
Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:07 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.
Replies: 8
Views: 6451

Re: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.

Probably, but am short of time to setup an xinitrc. I found 'lightdm' after logging in as root, gets to the MATE desktop as usual, so problem fully solved.
by UnixLinuxB
Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:01 am
Forum: General Questions
Topic: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.
Replies: 8
Views: 6451

Re: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.

Worked. Now remains to test...
start MATE by some mate-session OR lightdm command, or setup xinitrc to do the same...
by UnixLinuxB
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.
Replies: 8
Views: 6451

Re: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.

That answers my question perfectly if it works. Won't have time to test for a few days... thanks.
by UnixLinuxB
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.
Replies: 8
Views: 6451

Re: I would like to start MATE only after root has logged in fully.

bump. no setting to login in at bootup NOT into X ??? ...
by UnixLinuxB
Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:36 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: What format
Replies: 3
Views: 4323

Re: What format

/ [ vs var tmp usr ] have to be in a primary parttion AFAIK * unless * some boot loader gets around that, don't know if any do.