From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 22:08:02 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 2708B16A407 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 88EE943DA4 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:04:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 16530 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2006 22:05:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=UUqOmunuZIPHDBIqZsBU6lCiWeNHg8Tc/OAdDNF+EdgkOo+Zz72hKTBaABgjDXuxZM2yYJEyiLKIlLrgmhPG3DhuRaRZBFFIoNdy1ZCPHufcAaOa3cHtZlZI/KUlTatXWksuR+flKw5XaAhSfS73Ss7AITWXOMLGOZaOXs67VC8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net@75.42.110.220 with plain) by smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 2006 22:05:11 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: rQG8dKEVM1mTXGkT2L4Nh8AcBzAlxWbWrYtpOnBge7FVjkXg8GJpfmCP35ei0Cq0m78GF.tc2yqHkE.u_QUe8bB4Sui7cpCgJe1qJromNX7EsnVEGjVR8A-- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:03:27 -0600 From: ajm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061126220327.GA725@powerfull.bsd> References: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061126210958.19000@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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 22:08:02 -0000 On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:09:58PM +0100, Ralf Schreijer wrote: > Hi there! > > 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. > > I bet it won't be the only solution to reinstall the entire system, isn't it? Since I followed the Documentiation from Install until section 5.6.2, Imho, there is a small warning missing in the documentation. Sth like this: "Beware of enabling the xdm-virtual-terminal because you can only return to the shell while doing sth you dont know yet :-)". > > May be you can find some time to send me a feedback or some kind of solution to fix my problem. > Thanks so long. > > Ralf > > PS: I'm sorry for my english. I hope you could even understand me! > -- > "Ein Herz f?r Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de > Unser Dankesch?n: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht! > > -- > "Ein Herz f?r Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de > Unser Dankesch?n: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht! try this: go to single user then do the following: mount -u / mount -a -t ufs swapon -a then go the /etc directory change your settings and shutdown -r now hope this helps. -- Alexander FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386