Guy Santiglia wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> > >
> > 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.

yes, that's the one.  just uncomment it...