Problem solved

[Ernst W. Winter]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Graeme Wolfendale wrote:

> Interesting. I wasn't aware that xfce would even run on bsd, makes
> sense I guess. Any1 know anything about framebuffers on openbsd ??
> 
Yes it has been for a long time, and I htink the older version is
still the best one, but the 4 version is not to sneeze at either. I
have sotpped using kde with a the "jingle jangle" and too many
libraries and all that. Nothing better then the older or other
OpenVersion of the GUI's. :-)

> thanks,
> 
Your'e welcome, and any questions I gladley answer them.

> graeme
> 
Ernst

> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Ernst W. Winter <ewinter at ewinter.org>wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Jerry wrote:
> >
> > > I am presently using XFCE4 on a FreeBSD system, with Hald/DBus
> > > enabled and have not experienced a problem. In fact, I have used
> > > XFCE with FreeBSD for years without any major problems.
> > >
> > Well what is the setup of it and with what version of Xfce4?
> >
> > I have a friend here who is programmer and he said that there is a
> > bug in kde/xfce and that why it isn't working.
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I have not seen this entire thread, so perhaps there
> > > is something I am missing here.
> > >
> > Here is what the error that appeard:
> > -----------------------------Snip-------------------------------------
> > unable to perform shutdown (bow with button for "ok")
> >
> > org.freedesktop.hal.powermanagement, shutdown no
> > <-- (action,result)
> >
> > -----------------------------Snip-------------------------------------
> >
> > > I might ask however; did you post this problem on the appropriate
> > > Hald/dbus forums?
> > >
> > Well as I said I didn't as I have a littel eeepc/NetPC where I have
> > FreeBSD on it too for 386 and habe the same problem.
> >
> > So what could it be??? I would be happy for any suggestion.
> >
> > Ernst
> >
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