Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 21:30:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Chris Huisman <chuisman@telusplanet.com> Subject: Re: xdm problems: urgent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011014212906.87761B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20011014201739.conrads@home.com>
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I understood the original post to indicate could not login and start an xterm. If I am in error - mea culpa On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > On 14-Oct-2001 Doug Denault wrote: > > 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` > > Actually, all you have to do is edit /etc/ttys, change the line that > starts xdm from off to on, save and exit, then do "kill -1 1". > > -- > Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> > > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes. > -- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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