From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 4: 2:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 04:02:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A3E37B401 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 04:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA24003; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 03:58:50 -0800 (PST) From: "Otter" To: "Rasmus Skaarup" , Subject: RE: console Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 07:04:06 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG try hitting ctrl+f1 for the vt1 ctrl+f2 for vt2, etc... ctrl+f8 is the gui screen, as you can see in /etc/ttys. if you wanted to make xdm/wdm/kdm start at boot, so you don't need to startx, then that's the file you would need to edit. if so, make it so that it looks like this: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/wdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure you can replace wdm with your *dm of choice -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: rasmus@gal.dk [mailto:rasmus@gal.dk]On Behalf Of Rasmus Skaarup }Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 6:09 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: console } } } }Hi, } }I just tried to do this: } }kill -9 -1 } }on my FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE workstation and the console died. I }could ssh to }my machine and do a "startx" which brought back the video }signal to the }screen. } }But as soon as I shut X down, the video-signal went the same }way. How can }I bring back the console without having to reboot? } }Best regards }Rasmus } } } } }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