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Subject: Re: XF86 & fvwm Problem, Help? (fwd)
To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:42:10 +0200 (MESZ)
Cc: jdunham@fc.net, questions@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199609171242.OAA08789@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Sep 17, 96 02:42:23 pm
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E-mail message from Greg Lehey contained:
> Jerry Dunham writes:
> >
> > Branson Matheson babbled:
> >> You might also look at using xdm instead .. with that you will have
> >> a graphical login prompt. And it will automagically restart every
> >> time you logout. The nice thing about this and freebsd is that you
> >> can still use a text console with syscons.
> >
> > So far, this seems to be terrible advice.  I messed with xdm more this
> > morning, and it does exactly what he says it does - automagically restart.
> > I am completely unable to get out of it.
> 
> Bummer, isn't it?  FWIW, I've just got a free SCO Open Deathtrap, and
> it does just the same thing, though first it kills your mouse so you
> can't do anything inside X either.
> 

from X, with Ctrl-Alt-F1 you will get to the text console, virtual console
#1.

FWIW, I have xdm always on, and still use the text console very often.

/Marino