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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:44:07 +0100
From:      Bjorn Eikeland <bjorn@eikeland.info>
To:        Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Thank you
Message-ID:  <opr2ghftgsomdbx5@localhost>
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> Curious, what if I want either option.  In other words, when I boot up 
> the
> machine it shows the gdm login, but if I want a console login can I just 
> hit
> Alt-F2?
>
> I would just try it out myself, but currently my only running FreeBSD
> machine is a fileserver.

You'll have to hit Ctrl + Alt + F2 to get into tty2 from X
(Or at least this is what the Absolute FreeBSD book is wanting me to think 
- havnt tried it yet)

feel free to try it though!



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