Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 19:42:48 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@onyx.interactive.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stuck in xdm-Land Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961218194229.1950B-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <aede171f000210044325@[208.192.234.127]>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Christopher J. Booth wrote: > Okay, this is an odd one, but, I don't know what to do. > > I decided to try to get X started up, so I followed (I think I followed) > the directions on p. 99 of _The Complete FreeBSD_ to start xdm. > > I opened up /etc/ttys with vi and keyed in > > ttyv4 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > at the end of the file. > > Then I did > > kill -1 1 > > Yup, most gratifying, xdm started. An uninteresting-looking window manager. > I would rather play with fvwm, I think. > > But now I can't get rid of it. The xdm login comes up at boot, and it won't > let me log in as root. I hadn't set up my alter-ego users as permitted to > run as su. Control-alt-delete just causes xdm to restart, and I can't > interrupt. Likewise control-c. And it is living on alt-F1 through alt-F2. > As the man in the Fiat yelled to the man in the sports car racing down the > highway, "How do I get this thing our of second gear?" > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Christopher J. Booth This speech of yours hath moved me, > cbooth@mordor.com And shall perchance do good: but speak you on; > You look as you had something more to say. > --Edmund, _King Lear_ > > > Have you tried booting -s (single-user mode)? Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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