From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 21:51:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F3E16A559 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from mail.kuban.ru (mail.kuban.ru [62.183.66.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5340143EBA for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:48:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from bsam.ru ([83.239.48.156]) by mail.kuban.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id kAQLmV1D000155; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:48:41 +0300 (MSK) Received: from bsam by bsam.ru with local (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GoRps-0000LB-LO; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:46:52 +0300 To: "Ralf Schreijer" References: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:46:52 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> (Ralf Schreijer's message of "Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100") Message-ID: <93651571@bsam.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Boris Samorodov Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lacky Doc @ "5.6.2 Using XDM" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:51:23 -0000 On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100 Ralf Schreijer wrote: > Today I just installed FreeBSD(6.1) for the first time in my > life. After several tries on my own I decided to go through the > installation by following the instructions in the handbook. I > successfully installed and configured Xorg. Everything went well, > until I reached the section 5.6.2, "Using XDM". I just tried to follow > the instructions and enabled xdm to start running on the 9th virtual > terminal by replacing the "off" by "on" in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure in ttyv8 > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > Now I can't do anything. The system directly boots into the xdm, > prompts a loginscreen and if I login as root (or as a user) there is > nothing I can do. As I know now there isn't even a chance to leave the > xdm. If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, it flips into the shell an returns > immediately to xdm and prompts the login again. I tried fixing this > through booting in Single User Mode, but I wasn't successful because I > have no write permission in /etc/ttys during this mode. Seems, you are interested in doing -- to return to your console. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve