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From: "Philip Paeps" <philip@paeps.cx>
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Subject: RE: xdm problems: urgent
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:12:41 +0200
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> Unfortunately ctrl-alt-F1 does not get me a text prompt.  Is
> there anything
> else I can do??

Boot in single user mode, and get rid of the offending lines in /etc/rc.local.

Then change the ttyv8 entry in /etc/ttys(5) to properly start XDM.

 - Philip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Denault [mailto:doug@safeport.com]
> Sent: October 14, 2001 4:24 PM
> To: Chris Huisman
> Cc: Freebsd-Questions
> Subject: Re: xdm problems: urgent
>
>
> First this should be done in /usr/local/etc/rc.d
>
> Use ctrl-alt-F1 to get a text prompt. then
>   a) killall xdm, or more specifically
>   b) kill -TERM `cat /var/run/xdm-pid`
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Chris Huisman wrote:
>
> > I have created an rc.local file that calls .../xdm, so now
> my machine
> brings
> > up a graphical login screen on boot.  The problem is, I am
> unable to type
> in
> > a username or password.  I don't know what's going on.  Is
> there any way
> to
> > get around this?  I mean how do I boot into a non-graphical
> login prompt,
> or
> > cancel xdm when it comes up?  I can't type anything into the console
> window
> > either.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> >
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