Hi, Reference:
> From: Yubin Ruan <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:56:01 +0800
Yubin Ruan wrote:
> Hi,
> I just tried FreeBSD-10.3 stable and get stuck when trying to use the
> Mate desktop environment. I use Slim as the login manager. But when I
> try to login, with correct username and passwd, Slim tell me that
> "Failed to execute login command"
> (Any idea why would that happen?)
> So I try to switch back to the console use "Alt-F1...Alt-F8", which is
> suggested by the doc. But that doesn't work. Why ?
>
> How can I switch back to the console to tune the system?
(Ive never heard of Slim, but) general procedure:
>From another net connected host:
rlogin / telnet / ssh yourhost
cd /var/log ; ls -ltr
ls -l xdm.log messages Xorg.0.log
+ whatever logfile might be appropriate for your Slim
ps -laxww
kill some processes, watch if they restart
vi /etc/ttys
change eg
ttyv1 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"
xterm on secure
to
ttyv1 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"
xterm off secure
maybe you are using ttyv0 for xdm
(I use ttyv1 to leave 0 for errors)
kill -HUP 1
sometimes screen still wont come back,
if desperate then reboot
PS I dropped cc: [email protected]
as this has nothing to do with that CPU, & freebsd.org list rules
say dont cross post more than 2 lists.
Cheers,
Julian
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