Lacky Doc @ "5.6.2 Using XDM"

[Boris Samorodov]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0100 Ralf Schreijer wrote:

> Today I just installed FreeBSD(6.1) for the first time in my
> life. After several tries on my own I decided to go through the
> installation by following the instructions in the handbook. I
> successfully installed and configured Xorg. Everything went well,
> until I reached the section 5.6.2, "Using XDM". I just tried to follow
> the instructions and enabled xdm to start running on the 9th virtual
> terminal by replacing the "off" by "on" in /etc/ttys: ttyv8
> "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure in ttyv8
> "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure

> Now I can't do anything. The system directly boots into the xdm,
> prompts a loginscreen and if I login as root (or as a user) there is
> nothing I can do. As I know now there isn't even a chance to leave the
> xdm. If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, it flips into the shell an returns
> immediately to xdm and prompts the login again. I tried fixing this
> through booting in Single User Mode, but I wasn't successful because I
> have no write permission in /etc/ttys during this mode.

Seems, you are interested in doing <ctrl>-<alt>-<F1> to return to your
console.


WBR
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