Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:44:17 +0200 From: Benedikt Schmidt <BeSchmidt@cloaked.de> To: Andrew Lawson <a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm freeze and recovery Message-ID: <20000803074417.B692@cloaked.de> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKGNDELGEKCCPMABKOEBPCAAA.a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com>; from a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 05:45:04AM %2B0100 References: <NEBBKGNDELGEKCCPMABKOEBPCAAA.a.d.lawson@ntlworld.com>
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 05:45:04AM +0100, Andrew Lawson wrote: > Hello > I have a big problem, I've installed xdm and set it up but when it starts I > have no keyboard input, basically I can do nothing. Also the ctrl-alt-F... > keys do not work. How do I get back into my PC? > > note: I'm a newbie, it shows... > Try pressing ctrl-c several times during the boot process before xdm is loaded. Then make sure that xdm is started with "xdm -nodaemon" because otherwise keyboard input won't work. ___ Benedikt Schmidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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