From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jul 16 21:00:00 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B279B9BD67; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:00:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x22b.google.com (mail-qk0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBD551630; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:59:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id p74so129302040qka.0; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:59:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=FljCfj/z5e8pTt6QWLC8BlF+Q0Dokhv85csJ1pu342I=; b=rB7BnK/It35wlsLsv5xZrLHlSxSVMZoiQ2j0Obau+hMFZKOSQdkbiW0RpeW7G/ItZN WN8UTpg6OkRdHNruIL1PS9mS5Lv7iZ5ZreKHKgkyKV8hAXpUPaFiGpDJj7GyZKKLzTgh M+0uNwXZeaovpzy2ax3OoPEqbIHp70HzDmF4j4vCb5qcsS4g8dy2ye/QzsDqgxo5IGfB lc5vwCsBYoSyTEanfD+SzgEp4N9H4LekClPqGWeVJNak0xQp3o5k3uRHgP5TngaIxGHN SWytrgQzrmya0grDhC3ncRNhKqFzNr8Fh3phaayZKRohzINaBFXwbF7OwJJ28C9Cgtwg 0G2g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=FljCfj/z5e8pTt6QWLC8BlF+Q0Dokhv85csJ1pu342I=; b=Xtu3VClTMnHnyVCx+7IMu6teAJTdD/6shPz3iAQiqH+hpi3iwDxo28JtnPUJ6kleDk f3gXHG9A2EJ0LJo/GQHvRtZkUAAGO9ePHE83TPnJyk+sYEm9QfAlujb01PpC7gTMm7yE M0xvyBV6hmr16JiJuApBiJn7yuJTaZf0S9w6bcYL8y2+M/g4ZpzoyGlLxIJ5UBlTCGS9 RzDJItA7GgOWtlc4hMhUTbRD3RDDMfNkehAmLi20Mat0rwZ9QC29UMVJrujvtnAFu+fC 1z0eG/kPk3wK2pmgcl0Qq5oCOF4uCmofw208V1mAVIvZNVsk9+sA8WEc0b5Ej5onDh/Z eUHw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKMOfLHbRKqOhfB/aBSxkD+AVkiEcNH35zRiGxUVUrFHF8k5//s8dm1p50+jle65xv3fQDOZpAzF5OIOg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.55.170.20 with SMTP id t20mr35657149qke.162.1468702799089; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:59:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.237.48.198 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.237.48.198 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:59:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <578A2EE1.8010108@gmail.com> References: <578A2EE1.8010108@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:59:58 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to change back to the console when stucked by the desktop environment From: Freddie Cash To: Yubin Ruan Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:00:00 -0000 On Jul 16, 2016 5:56 AM, "Yubin Ruan" wrote: > > Hi, > I just tried FreeBSD-10.3 stable and get stuck when trying to use the Mate desktop environment. I use Slim as the login manager. But when I try to login, with correct username and passwd, Slim tell me that > "Failed to execute login command" > (Any idea why would that happen?) > So I try to switch back to the console use "Alt-F1...Alt-F8", which is suggested by the doc. But that doesn't work. Why ? Try CTRL+ALT+F1 through F8. When are the console, you use Alt+F1 through F8, but need to add the CTRL over X11 starts.