Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:13:23 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Joseph Marah <marahkeh@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue Message-ID: <460E5E73.2010404@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0703300503v86cb203r78dc256fac540e05@mail.gmail.com> References: <460C2758.7040908@daleco.biz> <759434.40470.qm@web51412.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <14989d6e0703300503v86cb203r78dc256fac540e05@mail.gmail.com>
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Christian Walther wrote: > On 30/03/07, Joseph Marah <marahkeh@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen >> for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. > > ALT+CTRL+Backspace shuts down the X Server the hard way. A Desktop > Manager (KDM, GDM, XDM) is supposed to restart after a session is > ended, which means that the login screen comes back... > >> Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. > > Yepp, but if you try ALT+CTRL+Fx (where 1 >= x <= 8) you'll get a > console login screen. Here you'll be able to login as root. Joseph, I'm sorry; as you can see, Christian caught my error; CTL-*ALT*-F1, etc., is correct. KDK -- Nuke them till they glow, then shoot them in the dark.
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