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Date:      Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:20:53 +0100
From:      Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
To:        mheyes@lincolnfp.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cycling X
Message-ID:  <20020107152104.4A70024197@energyhq.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>
References:  <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>

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On Monday 07 January 2002 14:36, mheyes@lincolnfp.com wrote:

Hi,


> Is there a way to get to a shell so I can rerun xf86config, or edit the
> XF86Config file? Sorry for the cross-post; I wasn't exactly sure which list
> to send this to. Please cc: me as I am at work and can't subscribe to the
> lists. Thanks for your help!

I'll assume you can reboot the box and have root access. Boot in single user 
mode (boot -s) , mount / writable (mount / -uw), edit the /etc/ttys file and 
disable xdm (set the entry to off), then ctrl-D to boot up, and now you can 
work without XDM firing up, then fix the thing and restore the entry in 
/etc/ttys. 

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