From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 15:00:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A50C16A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:00:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9828843D53 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:00:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james.cook@utoronto.ca) Received: from angel.falsifian.afraid.org ([65.94.59.134]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <20050424150008.NBXD26102.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@angel.falsifian.afraid.org>; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:00:08 -0400 Received: by angel.falsifian.afraid.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:00:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:00:08 -0400 From: James Alexander Cook To: Michael Neeff Message-ID: <20050424150008.GA82618@angel.falsifian.afraid.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would like to get back my command prompt! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:00:10 -0000 On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 02:37:23PM +0000, Michael Neeff wrote: > A newbie with installing FreeBSD 5.3...I installed X and got excited to > direcly log on to X (xdm) with the dialog box. I modified the lineto turn > xterm on: > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm - nodaemon" xterm ON secure. > Now I am stuck in a login loop... I would like to configure X and install > KDE, but it is stuck on the ChooseSessionListWidet I can only choose 2 > options DEFAULT/FAIL SAFE and CANCEL and nothing happens in either case... > hitting CTRL+ALT_+BKSPACE does nothing > > How do I just login to the command prompt without X opening directly?? I > think I tried option 6 and it gives me a command prompt but I cannot edit > any file. I have two ideas. 1. After X has opened, press CTRL-ALT-FN where N is a number from 1-8. That should bring you to a text-based virtual terminal. To go back to X, type CTRL-ALT-F9. 2. If 1 doesn't work, try booting in single-user mode. From there, you can remount / read-write, mount /usr (to get access to an editor like vi), then "vi /etc/ttys" and turn off X11. # mount -u -o rw / # mount /usr # vi /etc/ttys I don't remember for sure, but I think you'll want to type # mount -a before exiting the single-user session to boot the system; I don't think your filesystems are mounted automatically otherwise. > > Thanks in advance. > Mike - James Cook james.cook@utoronto.ca