Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 22:00:18 -0500 (EST) From: cbooth@onyx.interactive.net (Christopher J. Booth) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Stuck in xdm-Land Message-ID: <aede171f000210044325@[208.192.234.127]>
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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_
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