Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:06:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: sporkl@dti.net Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X Message-ID: <19971031110612.23072@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971030192828.315A-100000@iconoclast.com>; from sporkl on Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 07:31:15PM %2B0000 References: <19971031105750.00873@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971030192828.315A-100000@iconoclast.com>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 07:31:15PM +0000, sporkl wrote: > > > It didn't load X, and it just had the ambiguous output error after that. > If I do this, then have to reboot because X causes my monitor to futz, > will it keep the logfile? Hmmm. I didn't know that was happening. Have you not been able to get out of X? You should be able to stop it with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Otherwise you should be able to return to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 (for /dev/ttyv0) or another F key. To get back to X, use Alt-F10, assuming you've followed my suggestion to take the getty off /dev/ttyv9. Otherwise, if you have to reboot, do it with Ctrl-Alt-Del if you can. If that doesn't work, turn the power to your monitor off (so you don't damage it), wait 3 minutes, and then press the Big Red Button. If the log file doesn't turn up in your home directory, fsck may put it in the /lost+found directory on the file system which contains your home directory. Greg
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