Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-31 Thread Joseph Marah
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 t

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-31 Thread Joseph Marah
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.

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-31 Thread Kevin Kinsey
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 suppo

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-30 Thread Andriy Babiy
> 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

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-30 Thread Christian Walther
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 se

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-30 Thread Joseph Marah
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

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-29 Thread RW
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 additio

Re: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
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, bec

FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue

2007-03-29 Thread Joseph Marah
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 t