[SOLVED] cant log in

just1newbie · 09-01-2009, 04:45 AM

hi !
i was trying to change login in GUI and i edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4
now i get this on start up:
Starting up X11 session manager...
/etc/rc.d/rc.4:syntax error: unexpected and of file
INIT:Id "x1" respawning too fast :disabled for 5 minutes

how i can edit again to fix it?
thanks.

pwc101 · 09-01-2009, 04:50 AM

Ctrl+Alt+F2 to open another TTY, then log in as root, fix your typo, then type "telinit 4" (without inverted commas) to get back to a GUI log in.

just1newbie · 09-01-2009, 04:58 AM

ctrl+alt+f2 have no result .nothing happened!

pwc101 · 09-01-2009, 04:59 AM

Try Ctrl+Alt+F6.

just1newbie · 09-01-2009, 05:03 AM

this works !

just1newbie · 09-01-2009, 05:08 AM

thank you sir !
now it's ok!

mobinskariya · 09-01-2009, 05:15 AM

dont know whether im hijacking this thread, but i would like to know the difference between ctrl+alt+f2 and ctrl+alt+f6..

pwc101 · 09-01-2009, 05:21 AM

There are often multiple virtual TTYs. These are generally found at Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6. When you startx, it generally lives at Ctrl+Alt+F7. You can open up to 6 instances of X on the TTYs at F7-F12 using commands like this:

Code:

startx -- :2

This starts another instance of X on Ctrl+Alt+F8.

Code:

startx -- :3

This starts X on Ctrl+Alt+F9 etc.

In Slackware, TTYs on F2-F5 are disabled; F1 is the boot info you see before KDM/XDM kicks in (if you boot to runlevel 4); F6 is a spare one for times like just1newbie's where you need access to a console because your X is borked.

That's my understanding anyway

mobinskariya · 09-01-2009, 05:25 AM

thanks a lot.. i thought of it in ubuntu way.