Xfce4 desktop

[philo_neo71]

Hello,
I just installed xfce4 desktop on openBSD 6.5 / amd64.
in super user mode the desktop starts well but in classic user mode without power I have an error that I do not understand.
here is my output:

[   561.675] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
[   561.675] (II) The server relies on wscons to provide the list of input devices.
        If no devices become available, reconfigure wscons or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   561.675] (II) Loader magic: 0xe076b73a000
[   561.675] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   561.675]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   561.675]    X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[   561.675]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   561.675]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   561.675] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   561.675] (EE) xf86OpenWScons: cannot open /dev/ttyC4 (Permission denied)(EE)
[   561.675] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[   561.675] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/phipo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for ad>
[   561.675] (EE)
[   561.685] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

>> /home/phipo/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log

[   561.675] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   561.675]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   561.675]    X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[   561.675]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   561.675]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   561.675] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   561.675] (EE) xf86OpenWScons: cannot open /dev/ttyC4 (Permission denied)(EE)
[   561.675] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.

[LeFrettchen]

You should have a look here : https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...re-4175653099/

[philo_neo71]

can someone tell me the answer on this forum

[bsd-keith]

You could have looked yourself, but no matter.....

Starting with OpenBSD 6.5 (quoting from the Upgrade Guide) ....
Quote:
The Xorg binary is no longer installed setuid, so startx(1) can no longer be used by non-root users. The xenodm(1) display manager has to be used instead.

To set it up:

# rcctl enable xenodm
# rcctl start xenodm

If you wish to customize X you need to create an executable .xsession file.

[philo_neo71]

thanks you bsd-keith,
now i want to start xfce4 desktop !
i have do :
1/ pkg_add -iv xfce4
2/ pkg_add -iv slim slim-themes
3/ Create a file called " .xinitrc" and add the following line into it. (not sure in the good place)

exec startxfce4

But the window manager loaded is FVWM !

How to start Xfce4 Desktop ?

[PapaParrot]

hitest>I used to use startx. Now I use xenodm and quite like it. Here's my .xsession file for XFCE.

/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch

You need it in a .xsession file, in your /home/user dir,

exec startxfce4

Should work, you may need to created the .xsession file. I don't have xfce4 installed, but there should be some information in:

/usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/

You really should read those, sorry I can not post them here,because I do not have xfce4 ,and the docs, but any way, also another site says:

Then as user add an .xsession file with a line that will start consolekit so that you can shutdown &c from within xfce4.

$ cat .xsession
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

The link LeFrettchen posted also mentions needing the .xsession file.
================= edited ===========

For KDE, the readme docs explained all of there configurations very clearly,I would expect the same can be applied to XFCE4, the readme docs are essential for configuring it correctly.

jggimi >from:http://daemonforums.org/showthread.p...7265#post67265 Follow the instructions in the README, Garry. I mentioned it above. Like all other package readme files, you'll find it in /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/.
If you follow the README, you'll enable messagebus, and then you'll create a $HOME/.xsession file with the last line as shown in the README.

====== edit ====
Note: Just tried installing to a VM, and the readme docs have everything one should need. All I did is add this line to my .xsession file

exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4

[philo_neo71]

Thanks you very mutch PapaParrot,
Hum now i have problem with my Sun Blade 1500, i have try to install xfce4 desktop,
i do:

 usrv-raptor#  pkg_add -iv xfce4                                                                 
.....
.......
...........
Update candidates: quirks-3.124 -> quirks-3.124
quirks-3.124 signed on 2019-05-03T16:59:00Z
Can't find xfce4
usrv-raptor#

May be is not a good mirror of OpenBSD Distribution (6.5)?

[LeFrettchen]

There is no xfce4 package, just xfce.

Try

pkg_add -iv xfce

and if you want more

pkg_add -iv xfce-extras

[PapaParrot]

Just to calrify, this is what I installed:> xfce-4.12p10.tgz https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/packages/amd64/
But yes LeFrettchen is correct, "xfce4" will not work, "xfce" or the full name "xfce-4.12p10.tgz", is needed.

[PapaParrot]

Oddly enough, and I suppose it could cause some confusion, the /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/xfce, says,

Startup
=======
Xfce desktop environment is launched through the 'startxfce4' script.
Simply add '/usr/local/bin/startxfce4' to your .xinitrc/.xsession
script if you use startx, xenodm or slim.
If you use gdm or kdm, have a look at
https://wiki.xfce.org/faq#starting_xfce. An xfce4.desktop file is
provided for use by gdm.

Logging out and shutting down the computer ----snip---

So I see how that could be confusing, you do use xfce4 in the start up script, ...but not for installing the package.
You really should not use "startx", and the ".xinitrc" method, at least in my opinion, so to use xenodm, be sure it is enabled, etc. as mentioned earlier.

[philo_neo71]

Hello,
on my Sun Sparc64, I can not start my desktop light xfce4, I do not understand what deamon should I start!

For example :

# pkg_add gnome
# rcctl disable xdm
# rcctl enable multicast messagebus avahi_daemon gdm
# reboot

what is the deamon of xfce4?