Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:29:41 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dino_vliet@yahoo.com Subject: Re: disaster recovery: I can't login Message-ID: <200804191129.41438.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <628921.63224.qm@web51102.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <628921.63224.qm@web51102.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Saturday 19 April 2008 11:08:36 Dino Vliet wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Yesterday disaster struck after I wanted to remove Gnome and issued
> the following command:
> pkg_deinstall -R x11/gnome* -x evolution
> I went to sleep and when I woke up I rebooted and got the login
> screen iso my normal graphical GDM. I logged in as I normally do
> and thought I was logged in because I saw a line saying I had
> mail, but then the line below that one said:
> /usr/local/bin/bash was not found.
> As root I coudn't login as well, so I sat a while looking at my
> screen and looking for options.
And at this point, you should reboot the machine in single user mode. You can
then pick /bin/sh as the shell.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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