Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:35:50 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Lam Tuck Wai" <tuckwai@evoluxion.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help needed... Message-ID: <20040803133550.6dad3fc8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040803170817.BCCCA25AF0A@infoserve.com.sg> References: <20040803170817.BCCCA25AF0A@infoserve.com.sg>
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"Lam Tuck Wai" <tuckwai@evoluxion.com.sg> wrote: > > I am currently having a huge problem. My KDM refuse to start, so now I > cannot get into my machine. > > Every time it reboots it will goes in a cycle of spewing errors. It was fine > a few hours ago until I change the monitor config. > > My question is how do I stop the KDM from loading during boot up? So at > least I can login as root and replace the new XF86config file. > > I tried booting to single user but I cannot "su". So without root access I > cannot change anything. You do not need to su. In single-user mode, you are root. Once you get a shell prompt in single-user mode, do: fsck mount -a You should then be able to edit your config file, or change /etc/ttys to stop xdm from starting. HTH -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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