Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:36:07 -0500 From: mheyes@lincolnfp.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: cycling X Message-ID: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>
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I'm running FreeBSD 4.4, tracking stable, with X 4.1. I managed to get my box into a state where it tries to start XDM, fails and drops to terminal, then tries to restart XDM, rapidly, over and over. I can't start a virtual terminal, can't kill XDM. What happened is I had enlightenment running, and made an incorrect dependency with pkgdb for enlightenment. After I rebooted, XDM couldn't start E so just kept coming back to XDM. Before I figured out the problem was with E, I thought it was an X configuration problem, so I ran xf86config and reconfigured X. When I tried to restart X and it didn't work, I then figured out the problem was with E and deinstalled/reinstalled it. I started E up with only one problem: mouse didn't work correctly. So I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config file and changed the mouse device from /dev/sysmouse to /dev/psm0 (PS2 mouse). Rebooted, then had the cycling X problem. Is there a way to get to a shell so I can rerun xf86config, or edit the XF86Config file? Sorry for the cross-post; I wasn't exactly sure which list to send this to. Please cc: me as I am at work and can't subscribe to the lists. Thanks for your help! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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