Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:41:20 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change back to the console when stucked by the desktop environment Message-ID: <20160716204120.1ae8cc7c@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <578A2EE1.8010108@gmail.com> References: <578A2EE1.8010108@gmail.com>
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On 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? try control-alt-F<n>
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