Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:08:34 -0500 From: John Holland <jholland@vin-dit.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ttys not working from xdm Message-ID: <91DB1BEF-7704-4D90-8E11-9FDA8F586A7D@vin-dit.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502261503330.9535@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <20150226134223.GA2818@mail.vin-dit.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502261503330.9535@mail.fig.ol.no>
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That fixed it. Thanks! On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Trond Endrestøl <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:42-0500, John Holland wrote: > >> I have a new install of 10.1 and I am unable to access ttys from >> xdm. When I press Alt-F3 or Ctrl-Alt-F3 instead it causes either the >> mouse, keyboard or entire X session to lock up. Here is the section >> of my /etc/ttys - any advice on troubleshooting this would be >> appreciated. >> >> # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password >> # when going to single-user mode. >> console none unknown off secure >> # >> ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> # Virtual terminals >> ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure >> ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure >> # Serial terminals > > You are probably missing the VT console in the kernel, set > kern.vty="vt" in /boot/loader.conf. This should be augmented by KMS > drivers for your GPU. If you don't have an accelerated GPU like nVidia > or AMD/ATI, then you're out of luck. > > When you press Ctrl+Alt+F3, you are switched to ttyv2, it just doesn't > show up. You're looking at a ghost image of the X display. You can > type blindly, but that's not what anyone would want. > > Hit Alt+F9 to get back to the X server. > > -- > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | > | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | > | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | > | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | > | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | > | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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