Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:26:11 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: mheyes@lincolnfp.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cycling X Message-ID: <20020107202610.GA89107@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com> References: <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>
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in message <OFBF90BAA4.0EA8A6AE-ON05256B3A.00481ABD@lincolnfp.com>, wrote mheyes@lincolnfp.com thusly... > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.4, tracking stable, with X 4.1. I managed to get my > box into a state where it tries to start XDM, fails and drops to terminal, > then tries to restart XDM, rapidly, over and over. I can't start a virtual > terminal, can't kill XDM. ... do hard reboot; boot in single user mode. if fsck doesn't run, then, by itself, do it by hand, say "fsck -p". mount / in read-write mode. if needed, any other filesystem, too. then edit appropriate file which starts xdm, /etc/ttys is one possibility, to disable automatic start of xdm. reboot in multiuser mode. solve your xdm related problems; enable xdm again. optionally, reboot again. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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