Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:12:41 +0200 From: "Philip Paeps" <philip@paeps.cx> To: "'Chris Huisman'" <chuisman@telusplanet.com>, "'Doug Denault'" <doug@safeport.com> Cc: "'Freebsd-Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: xdm problems: urgent Message-ID: <01bb01c15516$7ca23050$0200000a@paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <GJEMKFBLCDDJGPEAAKJLIEFNCAAA.chuisman@telusplanet.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Unfortunately ctrl-alt-F1 does not get me a text prompt. Is > there anything > else I can do?? Boot in single user mode, and get rid of the offending lines in /etc/rc.local. Then change the ttyv8 entry in /etc/ttys(5) to properly start XDM. - Philip > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Denault [mailto:doug@safeport.com] > Sent: October 14, 2001 4:24 PM > To: Chris Huisman > Cc: Freebsd-Questions > Subject: Re: xdm problems: urgent > > > First this should be done in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > Use ctrl-alt-F1 to get a text prompt. then > a) killall xdm, or more specifically > b) kill -TERM `cat /var/run/xdm-pid` > > > On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Chris Huisman wrote: > > > I have created an rc.local file that calls .../xdm, so now > my machine > brings > > up a graphical login screen on boot. The problem is, I am > unable to type > in > > a username or password. I don't know what's going on. Is > there any way > to > > get around this? I mean how do I boot into a non-graphical > login prompt, > or > > cancel xdm when it comes up? I can't type anything into the console > window > > either. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.1 iQA/AwUBO8o4CL9L0OYEnbh5EQLKOwCcDJgeKHQyU0AfOETznX52FynF/3UAnRo5 24DvZvt3HemFPD6ajyCQO1xu =y4PK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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