Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:24:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> To: Chris Huisman <chuisman@telusplanet.com> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xdm problems: urgent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011014182120.83400B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <GJEMKFBLCDDJGPEAAKJLKEFICAAA.chuisman@telusplanet.com>
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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
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