Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:05:00 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Marcel.lautenbach" <freebsd@xtsy.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm an tty's Message-ID: <412A5BFC.5040506@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <116429367.20040823224855@xtsy.de> References: <116429367.20040823224855@xtsy.de>
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Marcel.lautenbach wrote: >Hi folks, > >well, I just started up with FreeBSD. Otherwise I would not be writing >to this group :-) > >So, up to date I am rather limited in my knowldege :-) > >And here is my first problem: I have set up a running and functional >FreeBSD 4.10 System in an VMware enviroment. > >Well, I came to a pioint where it is said you could autostart xdm by >eddeting the /etc/ttys for tty8 and set on the xdm -daemon. > >So far, so good. Now, I start the system and automacially xdm starts >up. I just have to login and can run my favourite Desktop, e.g. KDE. > >Well, but how can I switch in xdm to another tty. Generally I can use >the F-Keys in combination with ALT to switch. But when I am in xdm and I do not want to >login-in via xdm and start KDE, how can I swith. When I us ALT-F2 for >instance I don't get tty1. Al it says ist that my login is not correct >after the second try, because I am in the user/password fields. Can someone helmp me with this matter? >I would defenitely appreciate it :-) > > > Well, I start gdm on ttyv0; Using CTL-ALT-F(x) gets me to the other virtual consoles. CTL-ALT-F9 gets me back to X. YMMV, but I HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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