Thanks! I had tried the linux way but it didn't work out. # mount -o remount,rw /
Teo En Ming On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Palle Girgensohn <[email protected]>wrote: > boot into single user mode and remount root filesystem read-write and > mount all other fses this way: > > mount -u -o rw / > mount -a > > Then you can edit rc.conf > > > > 25 apr 2014 kl. 11:28 skrev Teo En Ming <[email protected]>: > > > > Dear Mark, > > > > I can't modify /etc/rc.conf. I can't use my keyboard. The system keeps > > rebooting into gdm. I can't use Single User Mode either. The root > > filesystem is mounted read-only. I can't make changes to /etc/rc.conf. > What > > can I do? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Regards, > > > > Teo En Ming > > > > > >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual > machine/guest > >> operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating > >> system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. > >> > >> I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following > commands: > >> > >> # pkg install xorg > >> > >> # pkg install gnome2 > >> > >> # pkg install nano > >> > >> # nano /etc/fstab > >> > >> ====================================== > >> > >> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > >> ============================================ > >> > >> # nano /etc/rc.conf > >> > >> ======================================= > >> > >> gdm_enable="YES" > >> gnome_enable="YES" > >> ============================================= > >> > >> The following command is to allow startx to be executed. > >> > >> > >> *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc* > >> > >> > >> > >> *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m > teo-en-ming* > >> > >> > >> > *************************************************************************** > >> > >> I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after > >> logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything > >> with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use > >> my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm. > >> I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify > >> /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I > >> do? > >> > >> I am looking forward to your reply. > >> > >> Yours sincerely, > >> > >> Teo En Ming > >> > >> > >> > >> You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf , then either reboot > the > >> vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also > >> disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also > check > >> out the links below . > >> > >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Mark saad | [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
