Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:54:02 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Well, I broke it! FreeBSD V8.1 release Message-ID: <201012221554.oBMFs2ub015968@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 22 05:01:28 2010
> From: "Dave" <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:10 -0000
> Subject: Well, I broke it! FreeBSD V8.1 release
>
> Hi...
>
> I was trying to disable the console screensaver, and found that in
> sysinstall, there is no way to select "none" as an option.
>
> So I went and edited /etc/rc.conf to comment out the line:-
> Saver="fire" (or whatever it is)
>
> I put a ; at the beginning of the line, and now FreeBSD wont come up,
> showing an error (unexpected ;) and leaving me with a # prompt.
It's rogt. you did wrong;. Should have been a '#', not a ';'
>
> How do I get to re-edit rc.conf, to correct the problem, as all command
> line commands result in a "not found" error.
# fsck -p || fsck
# mount -a
# vi /etc/rc.conf { or editor of your choice }
# reboot
> Also. What's the "Correct" way to disable a console screensaver?
# vidcontrol -t off
see 'man splash'
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