Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:22:44 +1200 From: Gavin Hubbard <ghub005@xtra.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86 Configuration Message-ID: <FBEOLBCENGFGBBENNBINKEDDCAAA.ghub005@xtra.co.nz>
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Hello List My Alphaserver DS20 system was running quite well. Unfortunately I've hit a small snag - I'm trying to configure XFree86 as per the instructions in the FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html In section 5.4.2 it says to run "XFree86 -configure" as root to build the initial configuration. Unfortunately this command has completely locked up the system's primary console and I am unable to switch to a virtual terminal to kill the offending process. First of all, what has gone wrong? (my framebuffer is supported by XFree86-4). Second, how do I break out of the crashed console? Is there a magic key combination I can use? The system seems to be alive (it responds to pings) but I have not enabled telnet/ssh or any other remote admin tools. Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Gavin Hubbard
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