Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:46:52 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Ralf Schreijer" <ralf.schreijer@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lacky Doc @ "5.6.2 Using XDM" Message-ID: <93651571@bsam.ru> In-Reply-To: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> (Ralf Schreijer's message of "Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 %2B0100") References: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net>
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100 Ralf Schreijer wrote: > Today I just installed FreeBSD(6.1) for the first time in my > life. After several tries on my own I decided to go through the > installation by following the instructions in the handbook. I > successfully installed and configured Xorg. Everything went well, > until I reached the section 5.6.2, "Using XDM". I just tried to follow > the instructions and enabled xdm to start running on the 9th virtual > terminal by replacing the "off" by "on" in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure in ttyv8 > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > Now I can't do anything. The system directly boots into the xdm, > prompts a loginscreen and if I login as root (or as a user) there is > nothing I can do. As I know now there isn't even a chance to leave the > xdm. If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, it flips into the shell an returns > immediately to xdm and prompts the login again. I tried fixing this > through booting in Single User Mode, but I wasn't successful because I > have no write permission in /etc/ttys during this mode. Seems, you are interested in doing <ctrl>-<alt>-<F1> to return to your console. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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