Subject: Re: can't boot multiuser in terminal mode
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
From: Guy Santiglia <fredfl2@guy.chonju21.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/28/1999 14:04:31
> 
> Guy Santiglia  (fredfl2@guy.chonju21.net) wrote:
> 
> >  I've been running xdm for a while and recently I tried to
> >boot into the terminal mode (without xwindows) and I couldn't.
> >I can boot single user no problem, but when I try multi-user
> >boot without xdm running I don't get a login prompt.
> >
> >The last thing that appears on the screen is  the message
> >that the apache server has been started.  And the command that
> >starts apache  is at the bottom of my /etc/rc.conf file.
> >
> >  Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be or 
> >how to begin trouble shooting this problem.
> 
> Check /etc/ttys.  You probably disabled the ttye line so it wouldn't 
> start a terminal session on the console after xdm took control.  Without 
> xdm running you'll want to reenable that line.
> 
> -bob

Is this the line that you are talking about? 
#ttye0  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         vt220   on secure

I don't have a line that just has "ttye" in it.




  -Guy


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Guy Santiglia  Quadra 610, 50 MHZ, NetBSD 1.4!
South Korea
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