Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:41:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> Cc: Chris Huisman <chuisman@telusplanet.com>, Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xdm problems: urgent Message-ID: <XFMail.20011014204107.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011014212906.87761B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On 15-Oct-2001 Doug Denault wrote:
> I understood the original post to indicate could not login and start an
> xterm. If I am in error - mea culpa
Ummm....maybe I replied in the wrong thread. :-)
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>
>>
>> On 14-Oct-2001 Doug Denault wrote:
>> > First this should be done in /usr/local/etc/rc.d
>> >
>> > Use ctrl-alt-F1 to get a text prompt. then
>> > a) killall xdm, or more specifically
>> > b) kill -TERM `cat /var/run/xdm-pid`
>>
>> Actually, all you have to do is edit /etc/ttys, change the line that
>> starts xdm from off to on, save and exit, then do "kill -1 1".
>>
>> --
>> Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>
>>
>> Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes.
>> -- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS
>>
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