Re: <newbie> FreeBSD only boots to text display

On 17 Mar 2008 23:11:20 GMT
"Bob Eager" <rde42@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:03:44 UTC, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:23:38 +0100
Rudi Swennen <rswennen@xxxxxx> wrote:

#ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure
ttyv8 "/usr/local/sbin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure <= this
solved my problem.

Indeed this is the standard way to turn on a graphical login.
One reason it is not on by default is that not everybody (even those
who want a GUI) wants a graphical login. Another reason is that if
there is a problem with the X configuration having an automatically
starting graphical login can be a real pain - enough so to make it
nearly impossible to repair the configuration or even turn off the
graphical login unless you have another box to connect from (or a
serial console) and a working network.

Eh?

Boot single user
Edit /etc/ttys

OK I exaggerated a bit - but for those who feel the need for a GUI
login this second step in single user can be more than a bit daunting,
especially when they discover that $EDITOR isn't there until they mount
some extra filesystems and $TERM isn't set to anything sensible.

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