Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 03:45:19 -0600 From: Dionysos <di0nys0s@earthlink.net> To: Benedikt Schmidt <BeSchmidt@cloaked.de> Cc: Andrew Lawson <a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm freeze and recovery Message-ID: <20000803034519.A1555@mercury.galaxy.org> In-Reply-To: <20000803074417.B692@cloaked.de>; from BeSchmidt@cloaked.de on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:44:17AM %2B0200 References: <NEBBKGNDELGEKCCPMABKOEBPCAAA.a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com> <20000803074417.B692@cloaked.de>
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:44:17AM +0200, Benedikt Schmidt wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 05:45:04AM +0100, Andrew Lawson wrote: > > Hello > > I have a big problem, I've installed xdm and set it up but when it starts I > > have no keyboard input, basically I can do nothing. Also the ctrl-alt-F... > > keys do not work. How do I get back into my PC? > > > > note: I'm a newbie, it shows... > > > Try pressing ctrl-c several times during the boot process before xdm is loaded. > Then make sure that xdm is started with "xdm -nodaemon" because otherwise > keyboard input won't work. > > ___ > Benedikt Schmidt > Alternatively, you may consider following the instructions provided in the FAQ ( http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/x.html#AEN2870 ). Personally I simply chose to run the xdm daemon from rc.local and simply have it sleep for 10 seconds before invoking it. I haven't had problems since. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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