Can't run lazarus on FreeBSD
lazarus / 1-Linux

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wootwoot · 2015-12-25 12:37

uname : 9.3-STABLE FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r292598
fresh ports

Code: [Select]fpc -v
Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.0 [2015/12/24] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2015 by Florian Klaempfl and others

When i am starting lazarus (under running X (xfce)) it's only shows
one message and doing nothing. No crashes, logs.
Code: [Select]%lazarus
TRasterImage.BitmapHandleNeeded: Unable to create handles, using
default

ps and top shows startlazarus process which doing nothing, no cpu
usage
Code: [Select]USER   PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ    RSS TT  STAT STARTED   
TIME COMMAND
user 1423  0,0  1,2  35424  24388  0  I+   15:30   0:00,21
./startlazarus

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Graeme · 2015-12-31 12:26

I'm using FreeBSD 10.1 which was upgraded with every FreeBSD release
since 9.x days. Lazarus always ran fine here.

From what you showed, it seems Lazarus is running, you just can't see
it. Maybe it is displayed on a virtual desktop (off screen)?

Try the following:

* Remove the Lazarus profile directory. Normally located at
$HOME/.lazarus/ - remove it completely or move it somewhere else.

* From a terminal window, change to the actual Lazarus directory and
run the "lazarus" executable directly (skipping startlazarus).  eg: cd
/data/lazarus;  ./lazarus

See what that does.

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marcov · 2015-12-31 12:28

The classic mistake is to SU to do the installation, and then continue
as root to run (start)lazarus. Since X runs under the logged in user's
credentials, there is no X then, which gives these kinds of errors.