Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:51:46 -0500 From: "Ciro Maietta" <geminidominoubermensch@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, <mheyes@lincolnfp.com> Subject: Re: cycling X Message-ID: <002401c19782$734f3d00$6400a8c0@dominion.us> References: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <mheyes@lincolnfp.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday,07 January, 2002 08.36 Subject: cycling X > 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. > [snip] > > 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! > I suppose its too much to hope for that you can boot into single-user mode into a shell instead of xdm? I beleive it's a -s as the "boot:" prompt, but don't quote me. -CM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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