From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 24 20:45:45 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC13D4ED2C for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay15.qsc.de (mailrelay15.qsc.de [212.99.187.254]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13153164A for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:45:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay15.qsc.de; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:45:36 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-92-100.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.92.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D878C3CBF9; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:45:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v3OKjYK6002326; Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:45:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:45:34 +0200 From: Polytropon To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: "James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" Subject: Re: New question Message-Id: <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay15.qsc.de with 04DAB683BEF X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1208 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:45:45 -0000 On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:10:10 -0400, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > How does one drop out of slim to the console? I installed FreeBSD-11 > on a spare laptop and I am having some difficulty logging on through > slim. I have installed mate and slim but when I run slim it prompts > for a login and then fails with 'unable to execute login'; or > something similar. > > However when this happens I do not know how to get out of the > graphical logon screen without rebooting the system. Solution A: switch consoles with Ctrl+Alt+PF1 / PF2 / PF3 / ... Solution B: do A, followed by "killall -9 slim" This of course doesn't work anymore when you're using sc "as" the console driver, so you must use "vt". This _might_ indtroduce new problems with character sizes, fonts, and locale support. :-) Sidenote: In normal text mode, you use Alt+PF1 / PF2 / PF3 / ... to switch between the virtual consoles, the "Print / Sys Rq" key can be used to iterate through the consoles. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...