From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 11 20: 1: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CBA37B502 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA01148; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:01:02 -0700 Message-ID: <39E5296E.ECA6229E@urx.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:01:02 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Hummel Cc: "ROTHENBERG, MICHAEL" , FSD Subject: Re: HELP! I made the same mistake!!!(Michael Rothenberg) References: <39E52737.60296977@ispchannel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Hummel wrote: > > I tried the advice of a fbsd'er other than Michael (below) which involved > changing the etc/ttys file. I did as directed and now I'm stuck in an > ineffective graphical login like Michael describes below. > > How do I get back to a single user system so I can undo the ttys file and > attempt Michael's fix? Try to switch to a term. You should be able to login as root and edit /etc/ttys and do a shutdown now and exit back to multi-user mode. Kent > > Mark "the frustrated" > > "ROTHENBERG, MICHAEL" wrote: > > > /etc/profile (might have the exact file wrong) is read first and only once. > > Usually .login/.profile as your login continues. The user files, > > .cshrc/.shrc/.*rc depending on the shell, are read for every shell that is > > started unless otherwise specified. > > > > The book: Unix Shells By Example has a great set of diagrams explaining the > > subtle differences between c shell, borne and korn shells and what files get > > read when... > > > > FYI, I made an error when trying to get KDE to start as login prompt and > > ended up being stuk in X login screen. The secret kill keys didn't work nor > > could I actually log in. It was interesting and then I had to hard reboot > > without shutting down. That was not fun. After entering single user mode and > > fixing the problem along with the other things that happen when power is > > abruptly stopped I chose not to have a window login just to be safe. > > > > -Michael the Unix newbie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Hamell [mailto:hamellr@heorot.1nova.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:27 AM > > To: Mark Hummel > > Cc: FSD > > Subject: Re: How can I boot directly into KDE? > > > > > I am using KDE, but I have to run it by using the startx command. I'd > > > like to boot directly to KDE. I've been told that this is very > > > possible, but I still can't figure out the process. > > > > Well, I'd personally put startx into my .login for the primary > > user of KDE... I'm not sure what other problems may arise from that > > though. Like, is .login read every time a new shell is opened... or? > > > > Rick > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message