safe mode for openBSD

[gonzalo briceno]

I installed x11r6 onto my openBSD machine and when I run xdm I get a blank screen. I set it up so that xdm runs during boot up so now I cannot do a thing with my box. Is there any way to start openBSD in a 'safe mode' so as to try to fix this problem.

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[Michael Shalayeff]

Post by gonzalo briceno
I installed x11r6 onto my openBSD machine and when I run xdm I get a blank screen. I set it up so that xdm runs during boot up so now I cannot do a thing with my box. Is there any way to start openBSD in a 'safe mode' so as to try to fix this problem.

of course there is: hold F8 and then boot the machine.

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[Scott Francis]

Post by gonzalo briceno
I installed x11r6 onto my openBSD machine and when I run xdm I get a blank
screen. I set it up so that xdm runs during boot up so now I cannot do a
thing with my box. Is there any way to start openBSD in a 'safe mode' so

as

Post by gonzalo briceno
to try to fix this problem.

Please wrap your lines.

You could simply <ctrl>+<alt>+<Fnum> to switch to a different virtual
terminal. When the machine boots, you're on ttyC0 (reached with ctrl+alt+F1),
and when xdm starts, you're on the output reached with ctrl+alt+F5. So if xdm
is running and you're having errors, just ctrl+alt+F2 to bring up ttyC1 and
login normally. If you don't have access to any of your virtual terminals,
you probably have some other serious problem and should boot single-user mode
(enter '-s' at the boot> prompt) to fix it.

A trip through the FAQ or Google would have revealed this, of course.
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