Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:04:54 +0800 From: "Lam Tuck Wai" <tuckwai@evoluxion.com.sg> To: "'Bill Moran'" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Help needed... Message-ID: <20040805010458.3A50825B060@infoserve.com.sg> In-Reply-To: <20040803133550.6dad3fc8.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Hi.. I have managed to solve my problem. My PC is working now. Many thanks to: Bill Moran Jerry McAllister Giorgos Keramidas Tuck Wai -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@potentialtech.com] Sent: 04 August 2004 01:36 To: Lam Tuck Wai Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help needed... "Lam Tuck Wai" <tuckwai@evoluxion.com.sg> wrote: > > I am currently having a huge problem. My KDM refuse to start, so now I > cannot get into my machine. > > Every time it reboots it will goes in a cycle of spewing errors. It was fine > a few hours ago until I change the monitor config. > > My question is how do I stop the KDM from loading during boot up? So at > least I can login as root and replace the new XF86config file. > > I tried booting to single user but I cannot "su". So without root access I > cannot change anything. You do not need to su. In single-user mode, you are root. Once you get a shell prompt in single-user mode, do: fsck mount -a You should then be able to edit your config file, or change /etc/ttys to stop xdm from starting. HTH -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com __________ NOD32 1.832 (20040803) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. http://www.nod32.com
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