Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment

[Teo En Ming]

Thanks! I had tried the linux way but it didn't work out.

# mount -o remount,rw /

Teo En Ming


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Palle Girgensohn <girgen at pingpong.net>wrote:

> boot into single user mode and remount root filesystem read-write and
> mount all other fses this way:
>
> mount -u -o rw /
> mount -a
>
> Then you can edit rc.conf
>
>
> > 25 apr 2014 kl. 11:28 skrev Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Dear Mark,
> >
> > I can't modify /etc/rc.conf. I can't use my keyboard. The system keeps
> > rebooting into gdm. I can't use Single User Mode either. The root
> > filesystem is mounted read-only. I can't make changes to /etc/rc.conf.
> What
> > can I do?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Teo En Ming
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad <nonesuch at longcount.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual
> machine/guest
> >> operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating
> >> system is Windows 8.1 64-bit.
> >>
> >> I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following
> commands:
> >>
> >> # pkg install xorg
> >>
> >> # pkg install gnome2
> >>
> >> # pkg install nano
> >>
> >> # nano /etc/fstab
> >>
> >> ======================================
> >>
> >> proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0
> >> ============================================
> >>
> >> # nano /etc/rc.conf
> >>
> >> =======================================
> >>
> >> gdm_enable="YES"
> >> gnome_enable="YES"
> >> =============================================
> >>
> >> The following command is to allow startx to be executed.
> >>
> >>
> >> *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m
> teo-en-ming*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> ***************************************************************************
> >>
> >> I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after
> >> logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything
> >> with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use
> >> my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm.
> >> I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify
> >> /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I
> >> do?
> >>
> >> I am looking forward to your reply.
> >>
> >> Yours sincerely,
> >>
> >> Teo En Ming
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf  , then either reboot
> the
> >> vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also
> >> disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also
> check
> >> out the links below .
> >>
> >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
> >>
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html
> >>
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Mark saad | mark.saad at longcount.org
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