Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Christian Walther wrote: On 30/03/07, Joseph Marah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. ALT+CTRL+Backspace shuts down the X Server the hard way. A Desktop Manager (KDM, GDM, XDM) is supposed to restart after a session is ended, which means that the login screen comes back... Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. Yepp, but if you try ALT+CTRL+Fx (where 1 = x = 8) you'll get a console login screen. Here you'll be able to login as root. Joseph, I'm sorry; as you can see, Christian caught my error; CTL-*ALT*-F1, etc., is correct. KDK -- Nuke them till they glow, then shoot them in the dark. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Thanks everyone for your help. I will let you know of my next confusion. Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christian Walther wrote: On 30/03/07, Joseph Marah wrote: Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. ALT+CTRL+Backspace shuts down the X Server the hard way. A Desktop Manager (KDM, GDM, XDM) is supposed to restart after a session is ended, which means that the login screen comes back... Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. Yepp, but if you try ALT+CTRL+Fx (where 1 = x = 8) you'll get a console login screen. Here you'll be able to login as root. Joseph, I'm sorry; as you can see, Christian caught my error; CTL-*ALT*-F1, etc., is correct. KDK -- Nuke them till they glow, then shoot them in the dark. Regards Joseph Marah ** IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL YOU ARE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH - Mario Andretti, race car driver. ** ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Hi Andriy, I finally got in. At first I tried single user mode but had no editing permissions. Then I noticed that I had only thr root slice mounted. So I found out how to mount the rest of the file system(mount -a) and did that. Then I used the logon command to logon as root. Then I made the necessary changes. Thanks for your suggestion, I will sure try it. Andriy Babiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. I can get in single user mode but no edit previleges as I am not root. still trying different things. hanks tho. Hi. You may want to try sysinstall - Fixit, then fix the problem in the shell. Andriy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. I can get in single user mode but no edit previleges as I am not root. still trying different things. hanks tho. Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joseph Marah wrote: [Snip description of issue, basically KDM/GDM conflicting config or similar.] To cut matters short, I have been locked out of my system. how can I get back in? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Hi, Joseph! I wrapped the text of your last paragraph, because you had only placed newlines at the end of each paragraph. It's helpful to place a newline every 72 characters or so. In short, I've not got an answer for KDM, but you should be able to drop to the console with CTL-ALT-BKSP --- and, if that doesn't work, you should be able to access a virtual console with CTL-F1, CTL-F2, etc. Edit the offending file (rc.conf?, /etc/ttys?) and try kill -HUP `pgrep Xorg`. And, if you can't get a virtual console, you'll want to reboot into single-user mode, I guess. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- 1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
On 30/03/07, Joseph Marah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. ALT+CTRL+Backspace shuts down the X Server the hard way. A Desktop Manager (KDM, GDM, XDM) is supposed to restart after a session is ended, which means that the login screen comes back... Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. Yepp, but if you try ALT+CTRL+Fx (where 1 = x = 8) you'll get a console login screen. Here you'll be able to login as root. I can get in single user mode but no edit previleges as I am not root. still trying different things. hanks tho. Nope, you're root if you boot into single user mode. But / is mounted readonly, only. If you boot into single user mode the savest thing to do is: fsck -p mount / -o rw mount -a fsck will first check your file systems so that you don't operate on a dirty FS, e.g. after a crash. If you rebooted into Single User mode and there was no crash before, you can skip this step. mount / -o rw remounts the root filesystem read/writable. mount -a mounts every fs listed in /etc/fstab (that doesn't has noauto set as an option). Make sure you'll do a umount -a mount / -o ro before you reboot, otherwise your file systems will be fscked. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Hi KK, thanks. I have tried ctrl+ald+bspace but got a black screen for a split sec abd got right back to KDM login. Also tried ctrl+f1, ctrl+f1 etc but go nowhere. I can get in single user mode but no edit previleges as I am not root. still trying different things. hanks tho. Hi. You may want to try sysinstall - Fixit, then fix the problem in the shell. Andriy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
I am new to FreeBSD and been out of touch with UNIX for a while. I just bought a new system i386 (Intel 3.0 Ghz CPU, 2.0G mem, 500G disk space etc). I think I successfully downloaded the install files and burnt my cds. I think I installed the system OK. I think I installed X11 from ports. I then installed GNOME from ports( Maaan it took so long). I entered into /etc/rc.conf gdm_enable = YES ... shut down and loggen in through GDM successfully. Played with it for a while. All utilities showed up fine. I browsed the Internet too. Then I decided to try KDE and installed it from ports (took lng). After install I looged in through GDM. I saw everything KDE brought with it using GNOME interface and read the KDE mannual a bit. Then I used the user administration tab and added myself as a user in addition to root. I also changed kde_enable = YES in /etc/rc.conf in place of gdm_enable = YES hoping to be able to log back in using KDM. I shutdown and restarted. I got the KDM logon interface but the introduction showed my username I last added, as my default login. I entered root as user but a message came saying root logons are not allowed. I tried logging in as myself and entered my correct password but I was sent to a window which read : Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. I clicked OKAY. This took me back to the KDM logon manager. To cut matters short, I have been locked out of my system. how can I get back in? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Regards Joseph Marah ** IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL YOU ARE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH - Mario Andretti, race car driver. ** ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
Joseph Marah wrote: [Snip description of issue, basically KDM/GDM conflicting config or similar.] To cut matters short, I have been locked out of my system. how can I get back in? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Hi, Joseph! I wrapped the text of your last paragraph, because you had only placed newlines at the end of each paragraph. It's helpful to place a newline every 72 characters or so. In short, I've not got an answer for KDM, but you should be able to drop to the console with CTL-ALT-BKSP --- and, if that doesn't work, you should be able to access a virtual console with CTL-F1, CTL-F2, etc. Edit the offending file (rc.conf?, /etc/ttys?) and try kill -HUP `pgrep Xorg`. And, if you can't get a virtual console, you'll want to reboot into single-user mode, I guess. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- 1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Joseph Marah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After install I looged in through GDM. I saw everything KDE brought with it using GNOME interface and read the KDE mannual a bit. Then I used the user administration tab and added myself as a user in addition to root. I also changed kde_enable = YES in /etc/rc.conf in place of gdm_enable = YES hoping to be able to log back in using KDM. AFAIK KDE doesn't install a local rc.d script for KDM, so I'm curious as to how you did that. The FreeBSD hand book has a section on starting KDM ,and also on starting KDE without a login manager, via startx. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
