Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:35:05 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: James Alexander Cook <james.cook@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would like to get back my command prompt! Message-ID: <426D0019.3000509@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20050424150008.GA82618@angel.falsifian.afraid.org> References: <BAY103-F7FC24EC9362571959751CC92F0@phx.gbl> <20050424150008.GA82618@angel.falsifian.afraid.org>
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On 4/24/2005 8:00 AM James Alexander Cook wrote: >On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 02:37:23PM +0000, Michael Neeff wrote: > > >>A newbie with installing FreeBSD 5.3...I installed X and got excited to >>direcly log on to X (xdm) with the dialog box. I modified the lineto turn >>xterm on: >>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm - nodaemon" xterm ON secure. >>Now I am stuck in a login loop... I would like to configure X and install >>KDE, but it is stuck on the ChooseSessionListWidet I can only choose 2 >>options DEFAULT/FAIL SAFE and CANCEL and nothing happens in either case... >>hitting CTRL+ALT_+BKSPACE does nothing >> >>How do I just login to the command prompt without X opening directly?? I >>think I tried option 6 and it gives me a command prompt but I cannot edit >>any file. >> >> > >I have two ideas. > >1. After X has opened, press CTRL-ALT-FN where N is a number from 1-8. That > should bring you to a text-based virtual terminal. To go back to X, type > CTRL-ALT-F9. > >2. If 1 doesn't work, try booting in single-user mode. From there, you can > remount / read-write, mount /usr (to get access to an editor like vi), > then "vi /etc/ttys" and turn off X11. > > # mount -u -o rw / > # mount /usr > # vi /etc/ttys > > I don't remember for sure, but I think you'll want to type > > # mount -a > > before exiting the single-user session to boot the system; I don't think > your filesystems are mounted automatically otherwise. > Or this should work. Open a xterm window and modify /etc/ttys (i.e. comment out the line that starts xdm). :) Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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