Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:20:53 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: mheyes@lincolnfp.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cycling X Message-ID: <20020107152104.4A70024197@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com> References: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>
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On Monday 07 January 2002 14:36, mheyes@lincolnfp.com wrote:
Hi,
> Is there a way to get to a shell so I can rerun xf86config, or edit the
> XF86Config file? Sorry for the cross-post; I wasn't exactly sure which list
> to send this to. Please cc: me as I am at work and can't subscribe to the
> lists. Thanks for your help!
I'll assume you can reboot the box and have root access. Boot in single user
mode (boot -s) , mount / writable (mount / -uw), edit the /etc/ttys file and
disable xdm (set the entry to off), then ctrl-D to boot up, and now you can
work without XDM firing up, then fix the thing and restore the entry in
/etc/ttys.
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