From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 21:10:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C28BE16A40F for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.schreijer@gmx.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E220743D66 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:09:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ralf.schreijer@gmx.de) Received: (qmail 12775 invoked by uid 0); 26 Nov 2006 21:09:58 -0000 Received: from 82.207.193.27 by www026.gmx.net with HTTP; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100 (CET) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100 From: "Ralf Schreijer" Message-ID: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Authenticated: #32724857 X-Flags: 0001 X-GMX-UID: HP4GIRpZa0ApeRg4hjAzPqg3Njh6dM5E X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:29:45 +0000 Cc: Subject: Lacky Doc @ "5.6.2 Using XDM" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:10:03 -0000 Hi there! Today I just installed FreeBSD(6.1) for the first time in my life. After several tries on my own I decided to go through the installation by following the instructions in the handbook. I successfully installed and configured Xorg. Everything went well, until I reached the section 5.6.2, "Using XDM". I just tried to follow the instructions and enabled xdm to start running on the 9th virtual terminal by replacing the "off" by "on" in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure in ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Now I can't do anything. The system directly boots into the xdm, prompts a loginscreen and if I login as root (or as a user) there is nothing I can do. As I know now there isn't even a chance to leave the xdm. If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, it flips into the shell an returns immediately to xdm and prompts the login again. I tried fixing this through booting in Single User Mode, but I wasn't successful because I have no write permission in /etc/ttys during this mode. I bet it won't be the only solution to reinstall the entire system, isn't it? Since I followed the Documentiation from Install until section 5.6.2, Imho, there is a small warning missing in the documentation. Sth like this: "Beware of enabling the xdm-virtual-terminal because you can only return to the shell while doing sth you dont know yet :-)". May be you can find some time to send me a feedback or some kind of solution to fix my problem. Thanks so long. Ralf PS: I'm sorry for my english. I hope you could even understand me! -- "Ein Herz für Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de Unser Dankeschön: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht! -- "Ein Herz für Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de Unser Dankeschön: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht!