Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:58:29 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change back to the console when stucked by the desktop environment Message-ID: <201607161358.u6GDwTi1040789@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:56:01 %2B0800." <578A2EE1.8010108@gmail.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:56:01 +0800 Yubin Ruan wrote: > Hi, > I just tried FreeBSD-10.3 stable and get stuck when trying to use the > Mate desktop environment. I use Slim as the login manager. But when I > try to login, with correct username and passwd, Slim tell me that > "Failed to execute login command" > (Any idea why would that happen?) > So I try to switch back to the console use "Alt-F1...Alt-F8", which is > suggested by the doc. But that doesn't work. Why ? > > How can I switch back to the console to tune the system? (Ive never heard of Slim, but) general procedure: >From another net connected host: rlogin / telnet / ssh yourhost cd /var/log ; ls -ltr ls -l xdm.log messages Xorg.0.log + whatever logfile might be appropriate for your Slim ps -laxww kill some processes, watch if they restart vi /etc/ttys change eg ttyv1 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure to ttyv1 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure maybe you are using ttyv0 for xdm (I use ttyv1 to leave 0 for errors) kill -HUP 1 sometimes screen still wont come back, if desperate then reboot PS I dropped cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org as this has nothing to do with that CPU, & freebsd.org list rules say dont cross post more than 2 lists. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.eu/jhs/ Mail plain text, No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, MS.doc. Prefix old lines '> ' Reply below old, like play script. Break lines by 80. http://berklix.eu/brexit/#stolen_votes
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