Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:53:44 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Joseph Marah <marahkeh@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue Message-ID: <460C2758.7040908@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <64540.69130.qm@web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <64540.69130.qm@web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Joseph Marah wrote: > [Snip description of issue, basically KDM/GDM conflicting config or similar.] > To cut matters short, I have been locked out of > my system. how can I get back in? Any help will > be appreciated. Thanks. > Hi, Joseph! I "wrapped" the text of your last paragraph, because you had only placed newlines at the end of each paragraph. It's helpful to place a newline every 72 characters or so. In short, I've not got an answer for KDM, but you should be able to drop to the console with CTL-ALT-BKSP --- and, if that doesn't work, you should be able to access a virtual console with CTL-F1, CTL-F2, etc. Edit the offending file (rc.conf?, /etc/ttys?) and try "kill -HUP `pgrep Xorg`". And, if you can't get a virtual console, you'll want to reboot into single-user mode, I guess. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- 1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1.
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