From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 11:08:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C29B2185 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:08:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.vin-dit.org (mail.vin-dit.org [81.209.165.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 674B5AAD for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.61.125] (pool-71-163-186-18.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.163.186.18]) by mail.vin-dit.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2DC49481D2; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:08:33 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: ttys not working from xdm From: John Holland In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:08:34 -0500 Message-Id: <91DB1BEF-7704-4D90-8E11-9FDA8F586A7D@vin-dit.org> References: <20150226134223.GA2818@mail.vin-dit.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:08:38 -0000 That fixed it. Thanks! On Feb 26, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Trond Endrest=F8l = wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:42-0500, John Holland wrote: >=20 >> I have a new install of 10.1 and I am unable to access ttys from=20 >> xdm. When I press Alt-F3 or Ctrl-Alt-F3 instead it causes either the=20= >> mouse, keyboard or entire X session to lock up. Here is the section=20= >> of my /etc/ttys - any advice on troubleshooting this would be=20 >> appreciated. >>=20 >> # 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 >=20 > You are probably missing the VT console in the kernel, set=20 > kern.vty=3D"vt" in /boot/loader.conf. This should be augmented by KMS=20= > drivers for your GPU. If you don't have an accelerated GPU like nVidia=20= > or AMD/ATI, then you're out of luck. >=20 > When you press Ctrl+Alt+F3, you are switched to ttyv2, it just doesn't=20= > show up. You're looking at a ghost image of the X display. You can=20 > type blindly, but that's not what anyone would want. >=20 > Hit Alt+F9 to get back to the X server. >=20 > --=20 > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | > | Trond Endrest=F8l, | Trond Endrest=F8l, = | > | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | > | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gj=F8vik 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"