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To: tuckwai@evoluxion.com.sg (Lam Tuck Wai)
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> 
> Hi
> 
> I am currently having a huge problem. My KDM refuse to start, so now I
> cannot get into my machine.
> 
> Every time it reboots it will goes in a cycle of spewing errors. It was fine
> a few hours ago until I change the monitor config.
> 
> My question is how do I stop the KDM from loading during boot up? So at
> least I can login as root and replace the new XF86config file.
> 
> I tried booting to single user but I cannot "su". So without root access I
> cannot change anything.

I don't understand the previous line.
If you booted to single user, why would you need to 'su' to anything?
When you boot to single user, you effectively are root.  Do I 
misunderstand something you are trying to do?
Of course, when you boot to single user, you need to do a couple of
things to really be able to get around and change things.
  fsck -p           Just in case
  mount -u /        remount root to be fully read/write
  mount -a          mount everything else
  swapon -a         make sure it has some paging/swap space.

At this point you should be fully functional as root.  You may
also want to run a shell other than /bin/sh for convenience.

  /bin/tcsh         would get you tcsh  or pick your own poison.

////jerry

> 
> I am using Freebsd 5.2.1. Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tuck Wai
> 
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> 
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